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Lamont, Norman
1942–
1942–
1
Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we've had to pay to get inflation down. [Labour shouts] That is a price well worth paying.
The green shoots of economic spring are appearing once again.
often misquoted as, "the green shoots of recovery"
We give the impression of being in office but not in power.
as a backbencher
Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we've had to pay to get inflation down. [Labour shouts] That is a price well worth paying.
speech in the House of Commons, 16 May 1991
The green shoots of economic spring are appearing once again.
often misquoted as, "the green shoots of recovery"
speech at Conservative Party Conference, 9 October 1991
We give the impression of being in office but not in power.
as a backbencher
speech in the House of Commons, 9 June 1993
Lampedusa, Giuseppe di
1896–1957
1896–1957
1
If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
Love. Of course, love. Flames for a year, ashes for thirty.
If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
The Leopard
(1957)
Love. Of course, love. Flames for a year, ashes for thirty.
The Leopard
(1957)
Lancaster, Osbert
1908–86
1908–86
1
Fan-vaulting…from an aesthetic standpoint frequently belongs to the "Last-supper-carved-on-a-peach-stone" class of masterpiece.
Fan-vaulting…from an aesthetic standpoint frequently belongs to the "Last-supper-carved-on-a-peach-stone" class of masterpiece.
Pillar to Post
(1938) "Perpendicular"
Landor, Walter Savage
1775–1864
1775–1864
1
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife;
Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art.
Ah, what avails the sceptred race!
Ah, what the form divine!
George the First was always reckoned
Vile, but viler George the Second;
And what mortal ever heard
Any good of George the Third?
When from earth the Fourth descended
God be praised the Georges ended!
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife;
Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art.
"Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher" (1853)
Ah, what avails the sceptred race!
Ah, what the form divine!
"Rose Aylmer" (1806)
George the First was always reckoned
Vile, but viler George the Second;
And what mortal ever heard
Any good of George the Third?
When from earth the Fourth descended
God be praised the Georges ended!
epigram in
The Atlas
, 28 April 1855
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