The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (141 page)

Dostoevsky, Fedor
1821–81

1
If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up.

The Brothers Karamazov
(1879–80) bk. 2, ch. 6

2
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

The Brothers Karamazov
(1879–80) bk. 3, ch. 3

3
If the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

The Brothers Karamazov
(1879–80) bk. 5, ch. 4

 
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Douglas, Lord Alfred
1870–1945

1
I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

"Two Loves" (1896)

 
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Douglas, James
, Earl of Morton
c.
1516–81

1
Here lies he who neither feared nor flattered any flesh.
of John Knox, said as he was buried, 26 November 1572

George R. Preedy
The Life of John Knox
(1940) ch. 7

 
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Douglas, Keith
1920–44

1
And all my endeavours are unlucky explorers
come back, abandoning the expedition.

"On Return from Egypt, 1943–4" (1946)

2
Remember me when I am dead
And simplify me when I'm dead.

"Simplify me when I'm Dead" (1941)

3
For here the lover and killer are mingled
who had one body and one heart.
And death, who had the soldier singled
has done the lover mortal hurt.

"Vergissmeinnicht, 1943"

 
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Douglas, O.
1877–1948

1
It is wonderful how much news there is when people write every other day; if they wait for a month, there is nothing that seems worth telling.

Penny Plain
(1920)

 
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