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Sayers, Dorothy L.
1893–1957
1893–1957
1
I admit it is better fun to punt than to be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.
I always have a quotation for everything—it saves original thinking.
I admit it is better fun to punt than to be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.
Gaudy Night
(1935) ch. 14
I always have a quotation for everything—it saves original thinking.
Have His Carcase
(1932)
Scarfe, Gerald
1936–
1936–
1
I find a particular delight in taking the caricature as far as I can. It satisfies me to stretch the human frame about and recreate it and yet keep a likeness.
I find a particular delight in taking the caricature as far as I can. It satisfies me to stretch the human frame about and recreate it and yet keep a likeness.
Scarfe by Scarfe
(1986)
Scargill, Arthur
1938–
1938–
1
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.
evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on Employment, 2 April 1980
Schelling, Friedrich von
1775–1854
1775–1854
1
Architecture in general is frozen music.
Architecture in general is frozen music.
Philosophie der Kunst
(1809)
Schiller, Friedrich von
1759–1805
1759–1805
1
Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt.
Joy, beautiful radiance of the gods, daughter of Elysium, we set foot in your heavenly shrine dazzled by your brilliance. Your charms re-unite what common use has harshly divided.
The sun does not set in my dominions.
Philip II
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
The world's history is the world's judgement.
Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt.
Joy, beautiful radiance of the gods, daughter of Elysium, we set foot in your heavenly shrine dazzled by your brilliance. Your charms re-unite what common use has harshly divided.
"An die Freude" (1785)
The sun does not set in my dominions.
Philip II
Don Carlos
(1787) act 1, sc. 6.
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
The Maid of Orleans
(1801) act 3, sc. 6
The world's history is the world's judgement.
"Resignation" (1786) st. 19
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