The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (441 page)

Ulpian
d. 228

1
Nulla iniuria est, quae in volentem fiat.No injustice is done to someone who wants that thing done.
usually quoted as "Volenti non fit iniuria"

Corpus Iuris Civilis
Digests bk. 47, ch. 10, sect. 1, subsect. 5 (usually quoted "
Volenti non fit iniuria
")

 
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Unamuno, Miguel de
1864–1937

1
La vida es duda,
y la fe sin la duda es sólo muerte.
Life is doubt,
And faith without doubt is nothing but death.

Poesías
(1907) "Salmo II"

 
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1
From delusion lead me to Truth.
From darkness lead me to Light.
from death lead me to immortality.

Brihad
ranyaka Upanishad
ch. 1, pt. 3, v. 28.

2
Shantih, shantih, shantih.Peace! Peace! Peace!

Taittir
ya Upanishad
ch. 1, pt. 1, mantra.

3
Abiding in the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, fools go aimlessly hither and thither, like blind led by the blind.

Katha Upanishad
ch. 2, v. 5.

4
If any man thinks he slays, and if another thinks he is slain, neither knows the ways of truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die.

Katha Upanishad
ch. 2, v. 19

 
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Updike, John
1932–

1
A soggy little island huffing and puffing to keep up with Western Europe.
of England

Picked Up Pieces
(1976) "London Life" (written 1969)

2
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

Problems
(1980) "How to love America and Leave it at the Same Time"

3
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

Self-Consciousness: Memoirs
(1989)

 
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Ustinov, Peter
1921–

1
Laughter…the most civilized music in the world.

Dear Me
(1977) ch. 3

2
I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

Dear Me
(1977) ch. 5

3
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

Romanoff and Juliet
(1956) act 1

 
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