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Cousin, Victor
1792–1867
1792–1867
1
We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
Du Vrai, du beau, et du bien
[Sorbonne lecture, 1818] (1853) pt. 2.
Cousteau, Jacques
1910–97
1910–97
1
Mankind has probably done more damage to the earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
Mankind has probably done more damage to the earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
"Consumer Society is the Enemy" in
New Perspectives Quarterly
Summer 1996
Coventry, Thomas
1578–1640
1578–1640
1
The dominion of the sea, as it is an ancient and undoubted right of the crown of England, so it is the best security of the land…The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.
wooden walls = ships
The dominion of the sea, as it is an ancient and undoubted right of the crown of England, so it is the best security of the land…The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.
wooden walls = ships
speech to the Judges, 17 June 1635
Coward, Noël
1899–1973
1899–1973
1
Dance, dance, dance, little lady!
Don't let's be beastly to the Germans
When our Victory is ultimately won.
The most I've had is just
A talent to amuse.
Mad about the boy.
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington,
Don't put your daughter on the stage.
Poor little rich girl.
The Stately Homes of England,
How beautiful they stand,
To prove the upper classes
Have still the upper hand.
Very flat, Norfolk.
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
advice on acting
Dance, dance, dance, little lady!
"Dance, Little Lady" (1928 song)
Don't let's be beastly to the Germans
When our Victory is ultimately won.
"Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans" (1943 song)
The most I've had is just
A talent to amuse.
"If Love Were All" (1929 song)
Mad about the boy.
title of song (1932)
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (1931 song)
Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington,
Don't put your daughter on the stage.
"Mrs Worthington" (1935 song)
Poor little rich girl.
title of song (1925)
The Stately Homes of England,
How beautiful they stand,
To prove the upper classes
Have still the upper hand.
"The Stately Homes of England" (1938 song).
Very flat, Norfolk.
Private Lives
(1930) act 1
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Private Lives
(1930) act 1
Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
advice on acting
D. Richards
The Wit of Noël Coward
(1968)
Cowley, Abraham
1618–67
1618–67
1
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Life is an incurable disease.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Essays, in Verse and Prose
(1668) "The Garden".
Life is an incurable disease.
"To Dr Scarborough" (1656) st. 6
Cowley, Hannah
1743–1809
1743–1809
1
Vanity, like murder, will out.
But what is woman?—only one of Nature's agreeable blunders.
Vanity, like murder, will out.
The Belle's Stratagem
(1780) act 1, sc. 4
But what is woman?—only one of Nature's agreeable blunders.
Who's the Dupe?
(1779) act 2
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