The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

May they rest in peace.
‘Order of Mass for the Dead’
O felix culpa, quae talem ac tantum meruit habere Redemptorem.
O happy fault, which has earned such a mighty Redeemer.
‘Exsultet’ on Holy Saturday
1.137 Adrian Mitchell 1932—
Most people ignore most poetry
because
most poetry ignores most people.
‘Poems’ (1964) p. 8
1.138 Joni Mitchell 1945—
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall;
I really don’t know life at all.
‘Both Sides Now’ (1967 song)
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.
‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (1970 song)
We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.
‘Woodstock’ (1969 song)
1.139 Margaret Mitchell 1900-49
Death and taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them.
‘Gone with the Wind’ (1936) ch. 38.
I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can’t...My dear, I don’t give a damn.
‘Gone with the Wind’ (1936) ch. 57 (Rhett Butler to Scarlett); ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!’ in the
1939 screen version by Sidney Howard
After all, tomorrow is another day.
‘Gone with the Wind’ (1936) closing words
1.140 Nancy Mitford 1904-73
‘Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry’ is an aphorism which has