Quotes of Spade - somelinesforyou

“ I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. ”

- Menander

“ The man who calls a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ I think it good plain English, without fraud, to call a spade a spade, a bawd a bawd. ”

- John Taylor

“ The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left — the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds. ”

- King Farouk of Egypt
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