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Meng-tzu
(
Mencius
) 371
bc
(
Mencius
) 371
bc
1
All men have the mind which cannot bear [to see the suffering of] others.
Moral principles please our minds as beef and mutton and pork please our mouths.
All men have the mind which cannot bear [to see the suffering of] others.
The Book of Mencius
bk. 2, pt. A, v. 6
Moral principles please our minds as beef and mutton and pork please our mouths.
The Book of Mencius
bk. 6, pt. A, v. 7
Menzies, Robert Gordon
1894–1978
1894–1978
1
What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.
What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.
in
Sydney Morning Herald
27 April 1939
Mercer, David
1928–80
1928–80
1
A suitable case for treatment.
A suitable case for treatment.
title of television play (1962); later filmed as
Morgan—A Suitable Case for Treatment
(1966)
Mercer, Johnny
1909–76
1909–76
1
You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
Elim-my-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
Jeepers Creepers—where you get them peepers?
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road.
That old black magic.
You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
Elim-my-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
"Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" (1944 song)
Jeepers Creepers—where you get them peepers?
"Jeepers Creepers" (1938 song)
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road.
"One For My Baby" (1943 song)
That old black magic.
title of song (1942)
Meredith, George
1828–1909
1828–1909
1
'Tis Ireland gives England her soldiers, her generals too.
A dainty rogue in porcelain.
Kissing don't last: cookery do!
The lark ascending.
She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer,
Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.
Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend.
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law.
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life!
Enter these enchanted woods,
You who dare.
'Tis Ireland gives England her soldiers, her generals too.
Diana of the Crossways
(1885) ch. 2
A dainty rogue in porcelain.
The Egoist
(1879) ch. 5
Kissing don't last: cookery do!
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
(1859) ch. 28
The lark ascending.
title of poem (1881)
She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer,
Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!
"Love in the Valley" st. 2
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.
Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend.
"Lucifer in Starlight" (1883)
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law.
"Lucifer in Starlight" (1883)
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life!
Modern Love
(1862) st. 50
Enter these enchanted woods,
You who dare.
"The Woods of Westermain" (1883)
Meredith, Owen
(
Lord Lytton
) 1831–91
(
Lord Lytton
) 1831–91
1
Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
"Last Words of a Sensitive Second-Rate Poet" (1868)
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