Top 6 Spleen Quotes - MyQuoutes.org

Superstition is the spleen of the soul.

Soul, Superstitions, Spleen

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.379

So quick bright things come to confusion.

William Shakespeare

Confusion, Midsummer, Spleen

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 141

Spleen can subsist on any kind of food.

William Hazlitt

Anger, Kind, Spleen

William Hazlitt (1848). “The Miscellaneous Works”, p.23

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

Jack Dee

Character, What If, Spleen

There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will.

William Congreve

Skills, Criticism, Spleen