The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (347 page)

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Philip, Jack
1840–1900
1
Don't cheer, men; those poor devils are dying.
at the Battle of Santiago, 4 July 1898

in
Dictionary of American Biography
vol. 14 (1934) "John Woodward Philip"

Philips, Ambrose
c.
1675–1749
1
The flowers anew, returning seasons bring;
But beauty faded has no second spring.

The First Pastoral
(1708) "Lobbin" l. 47

2
There solid billows of enormous size,
Alps of green ice, in wild disorder rise.

"A Winter-Piece" in
The Tatler
7 May 1709

Picasso, Pablo
1881–1973
1
No, painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy.

interview with Simone Téry, 24 March 1945, in Alfred H. Barr
Picasso
(1946)

2
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.

F. Gilot and C. Lake
Life With Picasso
(1964) pt. 1

3
Every positive value has its price in negative terms…The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

F. Gilot and C. Lake
Life With Picasso
(1964) pt. 2

Pilger, John
1939–
1
I used to see Vietnam as a war, rather than a country.

in
Sunday Times
1 December 1996

Pimlott, Ben
1945–
1
If you have a Royal Family you have to make the best of whatever personalities the genetic lottery comes up with.

in
Independent
13 September 1997 "Quote Unquote"

Pindar
518
bc
1
Water is best. But gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.

Olympian Odes
bk. 1, l. 1

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