The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (423 page)

Sydenham, Thomas
1624–89

1
Almighty God hath not bestowed on mankind a remedy of so universal an extent and so efficacious in curing divers maladies as opiates.

manuscript version of published text,
Observationes Medicae
(1676, G. G. Meynell (ed.) 1991)

 
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Synge, John Millington
1871–1909

1
But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.

The Aran Islands
(1907) pt. 2

2
Oh my grief, I've lost him surely. I've lost the only Playboy of the Western World.

The Playboy of the Western World
(1907) act 3

 
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Szasz, Thomas
1920–

1
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

The Second Sin
(1973) "Emotions"

2
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic.

The Second Sin
(1973) "Schizophrenia"

3
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

The Second Sin
(1973) "Science and Scientism"

 
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Szent-Györgyi, Albert von
1893–1986

1
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Irving Good (ed.)
The Scientist Speculates
(1962)

 
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Tacitus
ad
c.
56–117

1
He [Nerva] has united things long incompatible, the principate and liberty.

Agricola
ch. 3

2
They make a wilderness and call it peace.

Agricola
ch. 30

3
It is part of human nature to hate the man you have hurt.

Agricola
ch. 42

4
Sine ira et studio.
With neither anger nor partiality.

Annals
bk. 1, ch. 1

5
Elegantiae arbiter.The arbiter of taste.
of Petronius

Annals
bk. 16, ch. 18

6
He seemed much greater than a private citizen while he still was a private citizen, and by everyone's consent capable of reigning if only he had not reigned.
of the Emperor Galba

Histories
bk. 1, ch. 49

7
Deos fortioribus adesse.The gods are on the side of the stronger.

Histories
bk. 4, ch. 17.

8
Experientia docuit.Experience has taught.
commonly quoted as "Experientia docet [experience teaches]"

The Histories
bk. 5, ch. 6

 
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Tagore, Rabindranath
1861–1941

1
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
With a grip that kills it.

Fireflies
(1928)

2
Touch my life with the magic of thy fire.
sung at the funeral of Mother Teresa in Calcutta, 13 September 1997

"The Magic of thy Fire"

 
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