The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (90 page)
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Callaghan, James
1912–
1912–
1
You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.
I had known it was going to be a "winter of discontent".
You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.
in a television interview, 20 July 1978
I had known it was going to be a "winter of discontent".
television interview, 8 February 1979
Callimachus
c.
305
bc
c.
305
bc
1
A great book is like great evil.
A great book is like great evil.
R. Pfeiffer (ed.)
Callimachus
(1949–53) Fragment 465
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de
1734–1802
1734–1802
1
Madame, si c'est possible, c'est fait; impossible? cela se fera.Madam, if a thing is possible, consider it done; the impossible? that will be done.
Madame, si c'est possible, c'est fait; impossible? cela se fera.Madam, if a thing is possible, consider it done; the impossible? that will be done.
in J. Michelet
Histoire de la Révolution Française
(1847) vol. 1.
Calverley, C. S.
(
born Blayds
) 1831–84
(
born Blayds
) 1831–84
1
The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair;
(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)
And I met with a ballad, I can't say where,
Which wholly consisted of lines like these.
How Eugene Aram, though a thief, a liar, and a murderer,
Yet, being intellectual, was amongst the noblest of mankind.
The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair;
(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)
And I met with a ballad, I can't say where,
Which wholly consisted of lines like these.
"Ballad" (1872)
How Eugene Aram, though a thief, a liar, and a murderer,
Yet, being intellectual, was amongst the noblest of mankind.
"Of Reading" (1861).
Camara, Helder
1909–99
1909–99
1
When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist.
When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist.
attributed
Cambronne, Pierre, Baron de
1770–1842
1770–1842
1
La Garde meurt, mais ne se rend pas.The Guards die but do not surrender.
attributed to Cambronne when called upon to surrender at Waterloo, 1815, but later denied by him
La Garde meurt, mais ne se rend pas.The Guards die but do not surrender.
attributed to Cambronne when called upon to surrender at Waterloo, 1815, but later denied by him
H. Houssaye
La Garde meurt et ne se rend pas
(1907); an alternative version is that he replied, "
Merde!
[Shit!]", known in French as the "
mot de Cambronne
"
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