The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (429 page)

Teresa, Mother
1910–97

1
Now let us do something beautiful for God.

letter to Malcolm Muggeridge before making a BBC TV programme about the Missionaries of Charity, 1971.

2
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.

in
The Observer
3 October 1971

 
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Teresa, St
of Ávila 1512–82

1
Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!

Interior Castle
Mansion 6, ch. 11, para. 6 (tr. the Benedictines of Stanbrook, 1921)

 
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Teresa, St
of Lisieux 1873–97

1
I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.

T. N. Taylor (ed.)
Soeur Thérèse of Lisieux
(1912) epilogue

2
After my death I will let fall a shower of roses.

T. N. Taylor (ed.)
Soeur Thérèse of Lisieux
(1912) epilogue

 
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Tertullian
ad
c.
160–225

1
As often as we are mown down by you, the more we grow in numbers; the blood of Christians is the seed.
traditionally "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church"

Apologeticus
ch. 50, sect. 13

2
Certum est quia impossibile est.It is certain because it is impossible.
often quoted as "Credo quia impossibile"

De Carne Christi
ch. 5

 
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Tessimond, A. S. J.
1902–62

1
Cats, no less liquid than their shadows,
Offer no angles to the wind.

Cats
(1934) p. 20

 
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811–63

1
Business first; pleasure afterwards.

The Rose and the Ring
(1855) ch. 1

2
A woman with fair opportunities and without a positive hump, may marry whom she likes.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 4

3
Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 13

4
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 19

5
Them's my sentiments!
Fred Bullock

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 21

6
Darkness came down on the field and city: and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying on his face, dead, with a bullet through his heart.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 32

7
How to live well on nothing a year.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 36 (title)

8
I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 36

9
Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

Vanity Fair
(1847–8) ch. 67

10
Werther had a love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.

"Sorrows of Werther" (1855)

11
Charlotte, having seen his body
Borne before her on a shutter,
Like a well-conducted person
Went on cutting bread and butter.

"Sorrows of Werther" (1855)

 
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