The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (386 page)

Sereny, Gitta
1923–

1
to Albert Speer, who having always denied knowledge of the Holocaust had said that he was at fault in having "looked away":
You cannot look away from something you don't know. If you looked away, then you knew.

recalled on BBC2
Reputations
, 2 May 1996

 
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Service, Robert W.
1874–1958

1
A promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

"The Cremation of Sam McGee" (1907)

2
Ah! the clock is always slow;
It is later than you think.

"It Is Later Than You Think" (1921)

3
This is the law of the Yukon, that only the Strong shall thrive;
That surely the Weak shall perish, and only the Fit survive.

"The Law of the Yukon" (1907)

4
When we, the Workers, all demand: "What are
we
fighting for?"…
Then, then we'll end that stupid crime, that devil's madness—War.

"Michael" (1921)

5
Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.

"The Shooting of Dan McGrew" (1907)

 
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Sexby, Edward
d. 1658

1
Killing no murder briefly discourst in three questions.
an apology for tyrannicide

title of pamphlet (1657)

 
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Sexton, Anne
1928–74

1
In a dream you are never eighty.

"Old" (1962)

 
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Shadwell, Thomas
c.
1642–92

1
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

A True Widow
(1679) act 2, sc. 1.

 
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Shaftesbury, 1st Lord
1621–83

1
"Men of sense are really but of one religion."…"Pray, my lord, what religion is that which men of sense agree in?" "Madam," says the earl immediately, "men of sense never tell it."

Bishop Gilbert Burnet
History of My Own Time
(1724) vol. 1.

 
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