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Michelangelo
1475–1564
1475–1564
1
I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.
on completing the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.
on completing the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
letter to his father, October 1512; E. H. Ramsden (ed.)
The Letters of Michelangelo
(1963)
Middleton, Thomas
c.
1580–1627
c.
1580–1627
1
Anything for a quiet life.
My study's ornament, thou shell of death,
Once the bright face of my betrothèd lady.
Nine coaches waiting—hurry, hurry, hurry.
Anything for a quiet life.
title of play (written
c.
1620, possibly with John Webster)
My study's ornament, thou shell of death,
Once the bright face of my betrothèd lady.
The Revenger's Tragedy
(1607) act 1, sc. 1 (previously attributed to Cyril Tourneur,
c.
1575–1626)
Nine coaches waiting—hurry, hurry, hurry.
The Revenger's Tragedy
(1607) act 2, sc. 1
Midler, Bette
1945–
1945–
1
When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.
When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.
attributed
Midrash
1
The Holy One, blessed be He, makes ladders by which He makes one go up, and another go down.
A man cannot say to the Angel of Death, "Wait for me until I make up my accounts."
The Holy One, blessed be He, makes ladders by which He makes one go up, and another go down.
Leviticus Rabbah 8:1
A man cannot say to the Angel of Death, "Wait for me until I make up my accounts."
Ecclesiastes Rabbah 8:8
Mikes, George
1912–
1912–
1
On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.
An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.
How to be an Alien
(1946)
An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
How to be an Alien
(1946) p. 44
Mill, John Stuart
1806–73
1806–73
1
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
The Conservatives…being by the law of their existence the stupidest party.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing—the result of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others.
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
Autobiography
(1873) ch. 5
The Conservatives…being by the law of their existence the stupidest party.
Considerations on Representative Government
(1861) ch. 7 n.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
On Liberty
(1859) ch. 1
Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
On Liberty
(1859) ch. 5
What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing—the result of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others.
The Subjection of Women
(1869) ch. 1
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