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Fyleman, Rose
1877–1957
1877–1957
1
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
Fairies and Chimneys
(1918) "The Fairies" (first published in
Punch
23 May 1917)
G
Gainsborough, Thomas
1727–88
1727–88
1
We are all going to Heaven, and Vandyke is of the company.
We are all going to Heaven, and Vandyke is of the company.
last words; attributed, William B. Boulton
Thomas Gainsborough
(1905) ch. 9
Gaitskell, Hugh
1906–63
1906–63
1
There are some of us…who will fight and fight and fight again to save the Party we love.
It means the end of a thousand years of history.
on a European federation
There are some of us…who will fight and fight and fight again to save the Party we love.
speech at Labour Party Conference, 5 October 1960
It means the end of a thousand years of history.
on a European federation
speech at Labour Party Conference, 3 October 1962
Gaius
(
or Caius
)
ad
c.
110–180
(
or Caius
)
ad
c.
110–180
1
Damnosa hereditas.Ruinous inheritance.
Damnosa hereditas.Ruinous inheritance.
The Institutes
bk. 2, ch. 163
Galbraith, J. K.
1908–
1908–
1
The affluent society.
Trickle-down theory—the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
The affluent society.
title of book (1958)
Trickle-down theory—the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.
The Culture of Contentment
(1992)
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
speech to President Kennedy, 2 March 1962.
Galen
ad
129–199
ad
129–199
1
That which
is
grows, while that which
is not
becomes.
That which
is
grows, while that which
is not
becomes.
On the Natural Faculties
bk. 2, sect. 3
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