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Murray, James Augustus Henry
1837–1915
1837–1915
1
I feel that in many respects I and my assistants are simply pioneers, pushing our way experimentally through an untrodden forest, where no white man's axe has been before us.
I feel that in many respects I and my assistants are simply pioneers, pushing our way experimentally through an untrodden forest, where no white man's axe has been before us.
"Report on the Philological Society's Dictionary" (1884)
Murrow, Ed
1908–65
1908–65
1
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
of Joseph McCarthy
He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.
of Winston Churchill
Anyone who isn't confused doesn't really understand the situation.
on the Vietnam War
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
of Joseph McCarthy
"See It Now", broadcast, 7 March 1954
He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.
of Winston Churchill
broadcast, 30 November 1954, in
In Search of Light
(1967)
Anyone who isn't confused doesn't really understand the situation.
on the Vietnam War
Walter Bryan
The Improbable Irish
(1969) ch. 1
Musset, Alfred de
1810–57
1810–57
1
Malgré moi l'infini me tourmente.
I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.
Le seul bien qui me reste au monde
Est d'avoir quelquefois pleuré.
The only good thing left to me is that I have sometimes wept.
Malgré moi l'infini me tourmente.
I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.
"L'Espoir en Dieu" (1838)
Le seul bien qui me reste au monde
Est d'avoir quelquefois pleuré.
The only good thing left to me is that I have sometimes wept.
"Tristesse" (1841)
Mussolini, Benito
1883–1945
1883–1945
1
We must leave exactly on time…From now on everything must function to perfection.
to a station-master
We must leave exactly on time…From now on everything must function to perfection.
to a station-master
Giorgio Pini
Mussolini
(1939) vol. 2, ch. 6
N
Nabokov, Vladimir
1899–1977
1899–1977
1
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
Lolita
(1955) ch. 1
You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.
Lolita
(1955) ch. 1
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