The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (179 page)

Garrick, David
1717–79

1
Heart of oak are our ships,
Heart of oak are our men:
We always are ready;
Steady, boys, steady;
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.

Harlequin's Invasion
(1759) "Heart of Oak" (song)

2
Here lies Nolly Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll,
Who wrote like an angel, but talked like poor Poll.

"Impromptu Epitaph" (written 1773/4)

3
Life is a jest; and all things show it.
I thought so once; but now I know it.

"My Own Epitaph" (1720)

4
Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends cooks.

"On Doctor Goldsmith's Characteristical Cookery" (1777)

 
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Garrison, William Lloyd
1805–79

1
I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard!

in
The Liberator
1 January 1831 "Salutatory Address"

2
The compact which exists between the North and the South is "a covenant with death and an agreement with hell".

resolution adopted by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 27 January 1843.

 
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Garth, Samuel
1661–1719

1
All their luxury was doing good.

"Claremont" (1715) l. 148

2
A barren superfluity of words.

The Dispensary
(1699) canto 2, l. 82

 
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Gaskell, Elizabeth
1810–65

1
A man…is
so
in the way in the house!

Cranford
(1853) ch. 1

2
I'll not listen to reason…Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

Cranford
(1853) ch. 14

3
That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.

Sylvia's Lovers
(1863) ch. 1

4
It is a noble grand book, whoever wrote it—but Miss Evans' life taken at the best construction, does so jar against the beautiful book that one cannot help hoping against hope.
on first hearing of the true identity of "George Eliot", author of Adam Bede

letter to George Smith, 4 August 1859

 
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Gauguin, Paul
1848–1903

1
A hint—don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God—to create like our Divine Master.

letter to Emile Schuffenecker, 14 August 1888

 
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Gautier, Théophile
1811–72

1
Toute passe.—L'art robuste
Seul à l'éternité,
Le Buste
Survit à la cité.
Everything passes. Robust art alone is eternal, the bust survives the city.

"L'Art" (1857).

 
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