The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (275 page)
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Littledale, Richard
1833–90
1833–90
1
Let holy charity
Mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing.
Let holy charity
Mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing.
"Come down, O Love divine" (1867 hymn)
Littlewood, Joan
1914– and
Chilton, Charles
1914–
1914– and
Chilton, Charles
1914–
1
Oh what a lovely war.
Oh what a lovely war.
title of stage show (1963)
Litvinov, Maxim
1876–1951
1876–1951
1
Peace is indivisible.
Peace is indivisible.
note to the Allies, 25 February 1920; A. U. Pope
Maxim Litvinoff
(1943)
Lively, Penelope
1933–
1933–
1
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse; we carry a museum inside our heads, each day we commemorate peoples of whom we have never heard.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Moon Tiger
(1987)
We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse; we carry a museum inside our heads, each day we commemorate peoples of whom we have never heard.
Moon Tiger
(1987)
Livingstone, Ken
1945–
1945–
1
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
title of book, 1987
Livy
59–17
59–17
1
Vae victis.Down with the defeated!
cry (already proverbial) of the Gallic King, Brennus, on capturing Rome in 390
bc
Pugna magna victi sumus.We were defeated in a great battle.
announcement of disaster for the Romans in Hannibal's ambush at Lake Trasimene in 217
bc
Vae victis.Down with the defeated!
cry (already proverbial) of the Gallic King, Brennus, on capturing Rome in 390
bc
Ab Urbe Condita
bk. 5, ch. 48, sect. 9
Pugna magna victi sumus.We were defeated in a great battle.
announcement of disaster for the Romans in Hannibal's ambush at Lake Trasimene in 217
bc
Ab Urbe Condita
bk. 22, ch. 7, sect. 8
Llewellyn, Richard
(
Richard Llewellyn Lloyd
) 1907–83
(
Richard Llewellyn Lloyd
) 1907–83
1
How green was my valley.
How green was my valley.
title of book (1939)
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