Frases de Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd é um romancista, biógrafo e crítico britânico, famoso por suas obras de ficção histórica O grande incêndio de Londres , O último testamento de Oscar Wilde e Hawskmoor , e suas biografias Ezra Pound , T.S. Eliot e Dickens .

É autor também dos romances Música inglesa e A casa do doutor Dee . Wikipedia  

✵ 5. Outubro 1949
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Peter Ackroyd: Frases em inglês

“I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.”

Peter Ackroyd livro The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Pages 128-9.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

“He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.”

Peter Ackroyd livro The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Page 45.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

“One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one's own bad lines.”

Peter Ackroyd livro The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Page 46.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

“The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.”

Peter Ackroyd livro The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Page 25.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

“Only those with great ambitions know what great fears drive them forward.”

Peter Ackroyd livro The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Page 52.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)