The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (204 page)

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Hare, Julius
1795–1855 and
Hare, Augustus
1792–1834
1
The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.

Guesses at Truth
(1827) Series 1

Hare, Maurice Evan
1886–1967
1
There once was an old man who said, "Damn!
It is borne in upon me I am
An engine that moves
In determinate grooves,
I'm not even a bus, I'm a tram."

"Limerick" (1905)

Hargreaves, W. F.
1846–1919
1
I'm Burlington Bertie
I rise at ten thirty and saunter along like a toff,
I walk down the Strand with my gloves on my hand,
Then I walk down again with them off.

"Burlington Bertie from Bow" (1915 song)

2
I acted so tragic the house rose like magic,
The audience yelled "You're sublime."
They made me a present of Mornington Crescent
They threw it a brick at a time.

"The Night I Appeared as Macbeth" (1922 song)

Harington, John
1561–1612
1
Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Epigrams
(1618) bk. 4, no. 5

Harlech, Lord
1918–85
1
Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it.

in
New York Times
28 October 1962

Harold
II
c.
1019–66
1
He will give him seven feet of English ground, or as much more as he may be taller than other men.
his offer to Harald Hardrada of Norway, invading England, before the battle of Stamford Bridge

King Harald's Saga
1, in Snorri Sturluson
Heimskringla
(
c.
1260)

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