The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (253 page)

King, Henry
1592–1669

1
Sleep on (my Love!) in thy cold bed
Never to be disquieted.
My last Good-night! Thou wilt not wake
Till I thy fate shall overtake:
Till age, or grief, or sickness must
Marry my body to that dust
It so much loves; and fill the room
My heart keeps empty in thy tomb.
Stay for me there: I will not fail
To meet thee in that hollow vale.

"An Exequy" (1657) l. 81 (written for his wife Anne, d. 1624)

2
But hark! My pulse, like a soft drum
Beats my approach, tells thee I come.

"An Exequy" (1657) l. 111

 
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King, Martin Luther
1929–68

1
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

in
New York Journal-American
10 September 1962

2
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

letter from Birmingham Jail, Alabama, 16 April 1963

3
If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

speech in Detroit, 23 June 1963

4
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

speech at Civil Rights March in Washington, 28 August 1963

5
I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land…So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.
on the day before his assassination

speech in Memphis, 3 April 1968

6
A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Where Do We Go From Here?
(1967) ch. 4

 
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King, Stoddard
1889–1933

1
There's a long, long trail awinding
Into the land of my dreams.

"There's a Long, Long Trail" (1913 song)

 
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie
1874–1950

1
If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography.

speech, Canadian House of Commons, 18 June 1936

 
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King, Stephen
1947–

1
Terror…often arises from a pervasive sense of disestablishment; that things are in the unmaking.

Danse Macabre
(1981)

 
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Kingsley, Charles
1819–75

1
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long.

"A Farewell" (1858)

2
Do the work that's nearest,
Though it's dull at whiles,
Helping, when we meet them,
Lame dogs over stiles.

"The Invitation. To Tom Hughes" (1856)

3
O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
Across the sands of Dee.

"The Sands of Dee" (1858)

4
And never home came she.

"The Sands of Dee" (1858)

5
For men must work, and women must weep,
And there's little to earn, and many to keep,

"The Three Fishers" (1858)

6
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away:
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.

"Young and Old" (from
The Water Babies
, 1863)

7
We have used the Bible as if it was a constable's handbook—an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are being overloaded.

Letters to the Chartists
no. 2.

 
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