The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (156 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Online
Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
13.8Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Epictetus
ad
c.
50–120
ad
c.
50–120
1
Everything has two handles, by one of which it ought to be carried and by the other not.
Everything has two handles, by one of which it ought to be carried and by the other not.
The Encheiridion
sect. 43
Epicurus
341
bc
341
bc
1
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are death is not come, and when death is come, we are not.
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are death is not come, and when death is come, we are not.
Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers
bk. 10
Equiano, Olaudah
c.
1745–1797
c.
1745–1797
1
We are…a nation of dancers, singers and poets.
of the Ibo people
We are…a nation of dancers, singers and poets.
of the Ibo people
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
(1789) ch. 1
Erasmus
c.
1469–1536
c.
1469–1536
1
In regione caecorum rex est luscus.In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
In regione caecorum rex est luscus.In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Adages
bk. 3, century 4, no. 96
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of
1566–1601
1566–1601
1
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
letter to Lord Willoughby, 4 January 1599
Estienne, Henri
1531–98
1531–98
1
Si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.If youth knew; if age could.
Si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.If youth knew; if age could.
Les Prémices
(1594) bk. 4, epigram 4
Etherege, George
c.
1635–91
c.
1635–91
1
I walk within the purlieus of the Law.
I walk within the purlieus of the Law.
Love in a Tub
(1664) act 1, sc. 3.
Other books
Copp In Deep, A Joe Copp Thriller (Joe Copp Private Eye Series) by Don Pendleton
Traitor's Field by Robert Wilton
The Best of Enemies by Jen Lancaster
Ruined by a Rake by Erin Knightley
Sinister: A Paranormal Fantasy (Sinisters Book 1) by Colleen Fleshman
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett
Netlink by William H. Keith
Frayed Rope by Harlow Stone
Wolf Six's Salvation: A Shifter Love Story by Lakes, Krista
Hitched: A Stepbrother Honeymoon Romance by Scott, Michaela
