The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (338 page)

Palafox, José de
1780–1847

1
Guerra a cuchillo.War to the knife.
on 4 August 1808, at the siege of Saragossa, the French general Verdier sent a one-word suggestion: "Capitulation". Palafox replied "Guerra y cuchillo [War and the knife]", later reported as above; it subsequently appeared, at the behest of Palafox himself, on survivors' medals

José Gòmez de Arteche y Moro
Guerra de la Independencia
(1875) vol. 2, ch. 4

 
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Paley, William
1743–1805

1
Suppose I had found a
watch
upon the ground, and it should be enquired how the watch happened to be in that place…the inference, we think, is inevitable; that the watch must have had a maker, that there must have existed, at some time and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers, who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.

Natural Theology
(1802) ch. 1.

2
Who can refute a sneer?

Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
(1785) bk. 5, ch. 9

 
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1
It is called Nirvana because of the getting rid of craving.

Samyutta-nik
ya [Kindred Sayings]
pt. 1, p. 39

2
The Noble Truth of the Path leading to the Cessation of suffering is this: It is simply the Noble Eightfold Path, namely right view; right thought; right speech; right action; right livelihood; right effort; right mindfulness; right concentration.
First Sermon of the Buddha

Samyutta-nik
ya [Kindred Sayings]
pt. 56, p. 11

3
For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal.

Dhammapada
v. 5

4
Even as rain breaks not through a well-thatched house, passions break not through a well-guarded mind.

Dhammapada
v. 14

 
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Palmerston, Lord
1784–1865

1
We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.

speech, House of Commons, 1 March 1848

2
You may call it combination, you may call it the accidental and fortuitous concurrence of atoms.
on a projected Palmerston–Disraeli coalition

speech, House of Commons, 5 March 1857

3
Lord Palmerston, with characteristic levity had once said that only three men in Europe had ever understood [the Schleswig-Holstein question], and of these the Prince Consort was dead, a Danish statesman (unnamed) was in an asylum, and he himself had forgotten it.

R. W. Seton-Watson
Britain in Europe 1789–1914
(1937) ch. 11

4
Die, my dear Doctor, that's the last thing I shall do!

last words; E. Latham
Famous Sayings and their Authors
(1904)

 
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Pankhurst, Christabel
1880–1958

1
Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

Unshackled
(1959) ch. 5

2
We are here to claim our right as women, not only to be free, but to fight for freedom. That it is our right as well as our duty.

in
Votes for Women
31 March 1911

 
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