The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (350 page)

Pliny
the Elder
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23–79

1
Semper aliquid novi Africam adferre.Africa always brings [us] something new.
often quoted as "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi [Always something new out of Africa]"

Historia Naturalis
bk. 8, sect. 42

2
Addito salis grano.With the addition of a grain of salt.
commonly quoted as "Cum grano salis [With a grain of salt]"

Historia Naturalis
bk. 23, sect. 149

 
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Plomer, William
1903–73

1
Out of that bungled, unwise war
An alp of unforgiveness grew.

"The Boer War" (1960)

2
With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,
And third-rate conversation without one single pause:
Just like a young couple
Between the wars.

"Father and Son: 1939" (1945)

 
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Plutarch
ad
c.
46–120

1
For we are told that when a certain man was accusing both of them to him, he [Caesar] said that he had no fear of those fat and long-haired fellows, but rather of those pale and thin ones.

Parallel Lives
"Anthony" sect. 11.

2
The man who is thought to have been the first to see beneath the surface of Caesar's public policy and to fear it, as one might fear the smiling surface of the sea.
of Cicero

Parallel Lives
"Julius Caesar" sect. 4

3
He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God.

Parallel Lives
"Lysander" ch. 8.

 
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Poe, Edgar Allan
1809–49

1
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love which was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee.

"Annabel Lee" (1849)

2
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells.

"The Bells" (1849) st. 1

3
Ghastly, grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore—
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!

"The Raven" (1845) st. 8

4
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore".

"The Raven" (1845) st. 17

5
The glory that was Greece
And the grandeur that was Rome.

"To Helen" (1831)

 
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Poincaré, Henri
1854–1912

1
Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.

Science and Hypothesis
(1905) ch. 9

 
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Pompadour, Madame de
1721–64

1
Après nous le déluge.After us the deluge.

Madame du Hausset
Mémoires
(1824)

 
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