The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (59 page)
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Billings, Josh
1818–85
1818–85
1
Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the latter in life we hav it the tuffer it goes with us.
Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the latter in life we hav it the tuffer it goes with us.
Josh Billings' Wit and Humour
(1874)
Binchy, Maeve
1940–
1940–
1
Those lighting devils that go by the wrong name of innocent children.
It's not perfect, but to me on balance Right Now is a lot better than the Good Old Days.
Those lighting devils that go by the wrong name of innocent children.
The Copper Beech
(1992)
It's not perfect, but to me on balance Right Now is a lot better than the Good Old Days.
in
Irish Times
15 November 1997
Binyon, Laurence
1869–1943
1869–1943
1
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
regularly recited as part of the ritual for Remembrance Day parades
Now is the time for the burning of the leaves.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
regularly recited as part of the ritual for Remembrance Day parades
"For the Fallen" (1914)
Now is the time for the burning of the leaves.
"The Ruins" (1942)
Bion
c.
325
bc
c.
325
bc
1
Boys throw stones at frogs for fun, but the frogs don't die for "fun", but in sober earnest.
Boys throw stones at frogs for fun, but the frogs don't die for "fun", but in sober earnest.
Plutarch
Moralia
Birch, Nigel
1906–81
1906–81
1
My God! They've shot our fox!
on hearing of the resignation of Hugh Dalton, Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, after the leak of Budget secrets
My God! They've shot our fox!
on hearing of the resignation of Hugh Dalton, Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, after the leak of Budget secrets
comment, 13 November 1947
Birrell, Augustine
1850–1933
1850–1933
1
That great dust-heap called "history".
That great dust-heap called "history".
Obiter Dicta
(1884) "Carlyle".
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