Famous Quotes / Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley: "In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, a lack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit?"
| Alas | Authors | Boots | Building |
| Critics | Drop | Garden | Havoc |
| Lack | Make | Pens | Present |
| Preterit | Rather | Ravished | Tears |
| Unlettered | Unmannered | Upon | Wilderness |