The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (411 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
1891–1959
Painting is saying "Ta" to God.
letter from Spencer's daughter Shirin, in
Observer
7 February 1988
1909–95
I think continually of those who were truly great.
"I think continually of those who were truly great" (1933)
Born of the sun they travelled a short while towards the sun,
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
"I think continually of those who were truly great" (1933)
Pylons, those pillars
Bare like nude, giant girls that have no secret.
"The Pylons" (1933)
c.
1552–99
Ah! when will this long weary day have end,
And lend me leave to come unto my love?
"Epithalamion" (1595) l. 278
A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 1, canto 1, st. 1
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas,
Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 1, canto 9, st. 40
And with rich metal loaded every rift.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 2, canto 7, st. 28.
And all for love, and nothing for reward.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 2, canto 8, st. 2
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere Be bold…
Be not too bold.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 3, canto 11, st. 54
Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 4, canto 2, st. 32
Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 5, canto 2, st. 43
O sacred hunger of ambitious minds.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 5, canto 12, st. 1
A monster, which the Blatant beast men call.
The Faerie Queen
(1596) bk. 5, canto 12, st. 37
Of such deep learning little had he need,
Ne yet of Latin, ne of Greek that breed
Doubts 'mongst Divines, and difference of texts,
From whence arise diversity of sects,
And hateful heresies.
"Prosopopoia or Mother Hubbard's Tale" (1591) l. 385
With that, I saw two swans of goodly hue,
Come softly swimming down along the Lee.
Prothalamion
(1596) l. 37
Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
Prothalamion
(1596) l. 54
Uncouth unkist, said the old famous poet Chaucer.
The Shepherd's Calendar
(1579) "Letter to Gabriel Harvey"
So now they have made our English tongue a gallimaufry or hodgepodge of all other speeches.
The Shepherd's Calendar
(1579) "Letter to Gabriel Harvey"
1632–77
There is no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
Ethics
(1677) pt. 2, para. 178
1903–98
You know more than you think you do.
Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
(1946)