The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (100 page)
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Cavendish, Margaret
(
Duchess of Newcastle
)
c.
1624–74
(
Duchess of Newcastle
)
c.
1624–74
1
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.
Plays
(1662) "Nature's Three Daughters" pt. 2, act 5, sc. 20
Cavour, Count
1810–61
1810–61
1
We are ready to proclaim throughout Italy this great principle: a free church in a free state.
We are ready to proclaim throughout Italy this great principle: a free church in a free state.
speech, 27 March 1861
Caxton, William
c.
1421–91
c.
1421–91
1
The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer.
The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer.
Caxton's edition (
c.
1478) of Chaucer's translation of Boethius
De Consolacione Philosophie
epilogue
Celan, Paul
1920–70
1920–70
1
Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland.
Death is a master from Germany.
Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland.
Death is a master from Germany.
"Deathfugue" (written 1944)
Centlivre, Susannah
c.
1669–1723
c.
1669–1723
1
The real Simon Pure.
The real Simon Pure.
A Bold Stroke for a Wife
(1718) act 5, sc. 1
Cervantes
1547–1616
1547–1616
1
The Knight of the Doleful Countenance.
There are only two families in the world…the haves and the have-nots.
What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.
The Knight of the Doleful Countenance.
Don Quixote
(1605) pt. 1, ch. 19
There are only two families in the world…the haves and the have-nots.
Don Quixote
(1605) pt. 2, ch. 20
What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.
Don Quixote
(1605) pt. 2, ch. 23
Cézanne, Paul
1839–1906
1839–1906
1
Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, all in perspective.
Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, all in perspective.
letter to Emile Bernard, 1904; Emile Bernard
Paul Cézanne
(1925)
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