The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (95 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
1835–1919
The man who dies…rich dies disgraced.
North American Review
June 1889 "Wealth"
1888–1955
How to win friends and influence people.
title of book (1936)
1823–1908
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the beauteous land.
"Little Things" (1845)
of Ansbach 1683–1737
My dear firstborn is the greatest ass, and the greatest liar, and the greatest
canaille
, and the greatest beast in the whole world, and I heartily wish he was out of it.
of her eldest son, Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of George III
in
Dictionary of National Biography
(1917–)
1813–85
What are the wild waves saying
Sister, the whole day long,
"What are the Wild Waves Saying?" (1850 song)
1912–
You
have not had thirty years' experience…
You
have had one year's experience 30 times.
The Harpole Report
(1972)
1832–98
"What is the use of a book", thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 1
"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 2
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 2.
"You are old, Father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 5.
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 6
This time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
the Cheshire Cat
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 6
"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least—at least I mean what I say—that's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "Why, you might just as well say that "I see what I eat” is the same thing as "I eat what I see!” "
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 7
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly!
Like a teatray in the sky.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 7.
Off with her head!
the Queen of Hearts
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 8
Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 9
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 10
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 10
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 10
Begin at the beginning," the King said, gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 12
"It's the oldest rule in the book," said the King.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 12
No! No! Sentence first—verdict afterwards.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) ch. 12
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!"
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 1
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 1
Now,
here
, you see, it takes all the running
you
can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 2
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax—
Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
And whether pigs have wings."
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 4
But answer came there none.
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 4.
The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam today.
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 5.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 5
They gave it me,—for an un-birthday present.
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 6
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 6.
You see it's like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word.
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 6
It's as large as life, and twice as natural!
Through the Looking-Glass
(1872) ch. 7
What I tell you three times is true.
The Hunting of the Snark
(1876) "Fit the First: The Landing"
But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
If your Snark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again!
The Hunting of the Snark
(1876) "Fit the Third: The Baker's Tale"
For the Snark
was
a Boojum, you see.
The Hunting of the Snark
(1876) "Fit the Eighth: The Vanishing"