The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (198 page)
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Guthrie, Woody
1912–67
1912–67
1
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York Island.
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York Island.
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
"This Land is Your Land" (1956 song)
Gwyn, Nell
1650–87
1650–87
1
Pray, good people, be civil. I am the Protestant whore.
Pray, good people, be civil. I am the Protestant whore.
at Oxford, during the Popish Terror, 1681
H
Hadrian
ad
76–138
ad
76–138
1
Animula vagula blandula,
Hospes comesque corporis.
Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!
Animula vagula blandula,
Hospes comesque corporis.
Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!
J. W. Duff (ed.)
Minor Latin Poets
(1934); tr. Byron as "Adrian's Address to His Soul When Dying".
Haggadah
1
This is the bread of poverty which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat; let all who are in need come to our Passover feast. Now we are here; next year may we be in the land of Israel! Now we are slaves; next year may we be free!
Rabban Gamaliel says: "Whoever does not mention the following three things at Passover has not fulfilled his duty—the Passover sacrifice, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs."
Next year in Jerusalem!
This is the bread of poverty which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat; let all who are in need come to our Passover feast. Now we are here; next year may we be in the land of Israel! Now we are slaves; next year may we be free!
The narration
Rabban Gamaliel says: "Whoever does not mention the following three things at Passover has not fulfilled his duty—the Passover sacrifice, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs."
The three essentials of the Seder
Next year in Jerusalem!
Accepted
Haggard, H. Rider
1856–1925
1856–1925
1
Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go…Life is nothing. Life is all. It is the hand with which we hold off death. It is the glow-worm that shines in the night-time and is black in the morning; it is the white breath of the oxen in winter; it is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself at sunset.
She who must be obeyed.
Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go…Life is nothing. Life is all. It is the hand with which we hold off death. It is the glow-worm that shines in the night-time and is black in the morning; it is the white breath of the oxen in winter; it is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself at sunset.
King Solomon's Mines
(1886) ch. 5.
She who must be obeyed.
She
(1887) ch. 6 and
passim
Hague, William
1961–
1961–
1
It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
on his opposition to joining the single currency
Feather-bedding, pocket-lining, money-grabbing cronies.
on the influence of lobbyists
It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
on his opposition to joining the single currency
in
Mail on Sunday
11 January 1998 "Quotes of the Week"
Feather-bedding, pocket-lining, money-grabbing cronies.
on the influence of lobbyists
in the House of Commons, 8 July 1998
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