The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (325 page)

Nero
ad
37–68

1
Qualis artifex pereo!What an artist dies with me!

Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Nero"

 
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Nerval, Gérard de
1808–55

1
Je suis le ténébreux,—le veuf,—l'inconsolé,
Le prince d'Aquitaine à la tour abolie.
I am the darkly shaded, the bereaved, the inconsolate, the prince of Aquitaine, with the blasted tower.

Les Chimères
(1854) "El Desdichado"

 
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Nesbit, Edith
1858–1924

1
It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.

Five of Us, and Madeline
(1925)

 
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Nevins, Allan
1890–1971

1
Offering Germany too little, and offering even that too late, until finally Nazi Germany had become a menace to all mankind.

in
Current History
(New York) May 1935

 
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Newbolt, Henry
1862–1938

1
"Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore,
Strike et when your powder's runnin' low;
If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven,
An' drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago."

"Drake's Drum" (1897)

2
Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come.
(Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?)

"Drake's Drum" (1897)

3
Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song for ever
She's the Fighting Téméraire.

"The Fighting Téméraire" (1897)

4
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night—
Ten to make and the match to win—
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play and the last man in.
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote—
"Play up! play up! and play the game!"

"Vita
Lampada" (1897)

 
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Newley, Anthony
1931– and
Bricusse, Leslie
1931–

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Stop the world, I want to get off.

title of musical (1961)

 
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