The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘The Games Mistress’ (recorded monologue, 1937)
1.79 Thomas R. Marshall 1854-1925
What this country needs is a really good 5-cent cigar.
In ‘New York Tribune’ 4 January 1920, pt. 7, p. 1
1.80 Martial A.D. c.40-104
Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere ‘Vivam’:
Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie.
Believe me, wise men don’t say ‘I shall live to do that’, tomorrow’s life’s too late; live today.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 1, no. 15
Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare:
Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.
I don’t love you, Sabidius, and I can’t tell you why; all I can tell you is this, that I don’t love
you.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 1, no. 32.
Laudant illa sed ista legunt.
They praise those works, but they’re not the ones they read.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 4, no. 49
Bonosque
Soles effugere atque abire sentit,
Qui nobis pereunt et imputantur.
Each of us feels the good days speed and depart, and they’re lost to us and counted against us.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 5, no. 20
Non est vivere, sed valere vita est.
Life’s not just being alive, but being well.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 6, no. 70
Difficilis facilis, iucundus acerbus es idem:
Nec tecum possum vivere nec sine te.
Difficult or easy, pleasant or bitter, you are the same you: I cannot live with you—nor without
you.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 12, no. 46(47)
Rus in urbe.
Country in the town.
‘Epigrammata’ bk. 12, no. 57
1.81 Andrew Marvell 1621-78
Where the remote Bermudas ride
In the ocean’s bosom unespied.