The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

And bigamy, Sir, is a crime!’
‘Nonsense Rhymes’ (1902)
1.149 Duke of Monmouth 1649-85
Do not hack me as you did my Lord Russell.
Words addressed to his executioner, in T. B. Macaulay ‘History of England’ vol. 1 (1849), ch. 5
1.150 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689-1762
But the fruit that can fall without shaking,
Indeed is too mellow for me.
‘Answered, for Lord William Hamilton’ in Lord Wharncliffe (ed.) ‘The Letters and Works of Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu’ (1861) vol. 2, p. 477
Let this great maxim be my virtue’s guide:
In part she is to blame, who has been tried,
He comes too near, that comes to be denied.
‘The Plain Dealer’ (27 April 1724) ‘The Resolve’
And we meet with champagne and a chicken at last.
‘Six Town Eclogues’ (1747) ‘The Lover’ l. 25
As Ovid has sweetly in parable told,
We harden like trees, and like rivers grow cold.
‘Six Town Eclogues’ (1747) ‘The Lover’ l. 47
In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay,
And mourn in prison, while I keep the key?
‘Verses on Self-Murder’ in ‘The London Magazine’ (1749)
This world consists of men, women, and Herveys.
‘Letters’ vol. 1, p. 67; John Hervey (Baron Hervey of Ickworth, 1696-1743) was much satirised by Pope,
Lady Mary collaborating with him in his attempts at retaliation
General notions are generally wrong.
Letter to her husband Edward Wortley Montagu, 28 March 1710, in Robert Halsband (ed.) ‘The Complete
Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’ vol. 1 (1965) p. 24
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Letter to her daughter Mary, Countess of Bute, 30 May 1756, in Robert Halsband (ed.) ‘The Complete
Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’ vol. 3 (1967) p. 107
People wish their enemies dead—but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!
Letter from Horace Walpole to the Earl of Harcourt, 17 September 1778, in W. S. Lewis et al. (eds.) ‘Horace
Walpole’s Correspondence’ vol. 35 (1973) p. 489
1.151 C. E. Montague 1867-1928
War hath no fury like a non-combatant.
‘Disenchantment’ (1922) ch. 16