The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (304 page)

Meng-tzu
(
Mencius
) 371
bc

1
All men have the mind which cannot bear [to see the suffering of] others.

The Book of Mencius
bk. 2, pt. A, v. 6

2
Moral principles please our minds as beef and mutton and pork please our mouths.

The Book of Mencius
bk. 6, pt. A, v. 7

 
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Menzies, Robert Gordon
1894–1978

1
What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

in
Sydney Morning Herald
27 April 1939

 
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Mercer, David
1928–80

1
A suitable case for treatment.

title of television play (1962); later filmed as
Morgan—A Suitable Case for Treatment
(1966)

 
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Mercer, Johnny
1909–76

1
You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
Elim-my-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between.

"Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" (1944 song)

2
Jeepers Creepers—where you get them peepers?

"Jeepers Creepers" (1938 song)

3
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road.

"One For My Baby" (1943 song)

4
That old black magic.

title of song (1942)

 
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Meredith, George
1828–1909

1
'Tis Ireland gives England her soldiers, her generals too.

Diana of the Crossways
(1885) ch. 2

2
A dainty rogue in porcelain.

The Egoist
(1879) ch. 5

3
Kissing don't last: cookery do!

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
(1859) ch. 28

4
The lark ascending.

title of poem (1881)

5
She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer,
Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!

"Love in the Valley" st. 2

6
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.
Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend.

"Lucifer in Starlight" (1883)

7
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law.

"Lucifer in Starlight" (1883)

8
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life!

Modern Love
(1862) st. 50

9
Enter these enchanted woods,
You who dare.

"The Woods of Westermain" (1883)

 
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Meredith, Owen
(
Lord Lytton
) 1831–91

1
Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

"Last Words of a Sensitive Second-Rate Poet" (1868)

 
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