The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (402 page)

Sidney, Philip
1554–86

1
My true love hath my heart and I have his,
By just exchange one for the other giv'n.

Arcadia
("Old Arcadia", completed 1581) bk. 3

2
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,
"Fool," said my Muse to me; "look in thy heart and write."

Astrophil and Stella
(1591) sonnet 1

3
With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies;
How silently, and with how wan a face.

Astrophil and Stella
(1591) sonnet 31

4
Dumb swans, not chattering pies, do lovers prove;
They love indeed who quake to say they love.

Astrophil and Stella
(1591) sonnet 54

5
I am no pick-purse of another's wit.

Astrophil and Stella
(1591) sonnet 74

6
Poetry…A speaking picture, with this end: to teach and delight.

The Defence of Poetry
(1595)

7
[The poet] cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

The Defence of Poetry
(1595)

8
Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life.

The Defence of Poetry
(1595)

9
Delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present. Laughter hath only a scornful tickling.

The Defence of Poetry
(1595)

10
Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.
on giving his water-bottle to a dying soldier on the battle-field of Zutphen, 1586; commonly quoted as "thy need is greater than mine"

Fulke Greville
Life of Sir Philip Sidney
(1652) ch. 12

 
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Sieyès, Emmanuel Joseph
1748–1836

1
J'ai vécu.I survived.
when asked what he had done during the French Revolution

F. A. M. Mignet
Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de M. le Comte de Sieyès
(1836)

 
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Sigler, Maurice
1901–61 and
Hoffman, Al
1902–60

1
Little man, you've had a busy day.

title of song (1934)

 
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translated by W. H. McLeod, 1984
1
The light which shone from each of the ten Masters shines now from the sacred pages of the Guru Granth Sahib. Turn your thoughts to its message and call on God, saying,
Vahiguru!

Ardas

2
You must always wear the Five Ks. These are uncut hair [
kes
], a sword or dagger [
kirpan
], a pair of shorts [
kachh
], a comb [
kangha
], and a steel bangle [
kara
].

Sikh Rahit Maryada

3
After three days and three nights had passed he [Guru Nanak] emerged from the stream, and having done so he declared: "There is neither Hindu nor Muslim"

Mahima Prakas Varatak

 
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Sillitoe, Alan
1928–

1
The loneliness of the long-distance runner.

title of novel (1959)

 
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Simenon, Georges
1903–89

1
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

interview in
Paris Review
Summer 1955

 
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