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Chanel, Coco
1883–1971
1883–1971
1
You ask if they were happy. This is not a characteristic of a European. To be contented—that's for the cows.
You ask if they were happy. This is not a characteristic of a European. To be contented—that's for the cows.
A. Madsen
Coco Chanel
(1990) ch. 35
Channon, Henry ("Chips")
1897–1958
1897–1958
1
What is more dull than a discreet diary? One might just as well have a discreet soul.
We saw Queen Mary looking like the Jungfrau, white and sparkling in the sun.
There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the libraries of the House of Commons.
What is more dull than a discreet diary? One might just as well have a discreet soul.
diary, 26 July 1935
We saw Queen Mary looking like the Jungfrau, white and sparkling in the sun.
diary, 22 June 1937
There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the libraries of the House of Commons.
diary, 15 January 1939
Chaplin, Charlie
1889–1977
1889–1977
1
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
My Autobiography
(1964) ch. 10
Chapman, Arthur
1873–1935
1873–1935
1
Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins.
Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins.
Out Where the West Begins
(1916)
Chapman, George
c.
1559–1634
c.
1559–1634
1
An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
We have watered our houses in Helicon.
occasionally misread as, "We have watered our horses in Helicon", following an 1814 edition
I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
Danger, the spur of all great minds.
And let a scholar all Earth's volumes carry,
He will be but a walking dictionary.
An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany
(1654) act 1
We have watered our houses in Helicon.
occasionally misread as, "We have watered our horses in Helicon", following an 1814 edition
May-Day
(1611) act 3, sc. 3
I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
Revenge for Honour
(1654) act 3, sc. 2.
Danger, the spur of all great minds.
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
(1613) act 5, sc. 1
And let a scholar all Earth's volumes carry,
He will be but a walking dictionary.
The Tears of Peace
(1609) l. 530
Charles I
1600–49
1600–49
1
I see all the birds are flown.
after attempting to arrest five members of the Long Parliament (Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, Holles, and Strode)
You manifestly wrong even the poorest ploughman, if you demand not his free consent.
A subject and a sovereign are clean different things.
I see all the birds are flown.
after attempting to arrest five members of the Long Parliament (Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, Holles, and Strode)
in the House of Commons, 4 January 1642
You manifestly wrong even the poorest ploughman, if you demand not his free consent.
The King's Reasons for declining the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice, 21 January 1649
A subject and a sovereign are clean different things.
speech on the scaffold, 30 January 1649
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