The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (294 page)
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Mandela, Winnie
1934–
1934–
1
With that stick of matches, with our necklace, we shall liberate this country.
Maybe there is no rainbow nation after all because it does not have the colour black.
at the funeral of a black child reportedly shot dead by a white farmer
With that stick of matches, with our necklace, we shall liberate this country.
speech in black townships, 14 April 1986, in
Guardian
15 April 1986
Maybe there is no rainbow nation after all because it does not have the colour black.
at the funeral of a black child reportedly shot dead by a white farmer
in
Irish Times
25 April 1998 "Quotes of the Week"
Mandelstam, Osip
1892–1938
1892–1938
1
The age is rocking the wave
with human grief
to a golden beat, and an adder
is breathing in time with it in the grass.
The age is rocking the wave
with human grief
to a golden beat, and an adder
is breathing in time with it in the grass.
"The Age" (1923) (tr. C. M. Bowra)
Manilius
(
Marcus Manilius
) 1–st century
ad
(
Marcus Manilius
) 1–st century
ad
1
Eripuitque Jovi fulmen viresque tonandi,
et sonitum ventis concessit, nubibus ignem.
And snatched from Jove the lightning shaft and power to thunder, and attributed the noise to the winds, the flame to the clouds.
of human intelligence
Eripuitque Jovi fulmen viresque tonandi,
et sonitum ventis concessit, nubibus ignem.
And snatched from Jove the lightning shaft and power to thunder, and attributed the noise to the winds, the flame to the clouds.
of human intelligence
Astronomica
bk. 1, l. 104.
Mann, Thomas
1875–1955
1875–1955
1
We come out of the dark and go into the dark again, and in between lie the experiences of our life.
A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.
We come out of the dark and go into the dark again, and in between lie the experiences of our life.
The Magic Mountain
(1924) ch. 6, sect. 8 (tr. H. T. Lowe-Porter)
A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.
The Magic Mountain
(1924) ch. 6, sect. 8 (tr. H. T. Lowe-Porter)
Mansfield, Katherine
1888–1923
1888–1923
1
Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.
Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.
Journal
(1927) 29 January 1922
Mansfield, William Murray, Lord
1705–93
1705–93
1
Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgement will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.
advice to a newly appointed colonial governor ignorant in the law
Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgement will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.
advice to a newly appointed colonial governor ignorant in the law
John Lord Campbell
The Lives of the Chief Justices of England
(1849) vol. 2, ch. 40
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