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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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1.195 Ethel Watts Mumford 1878-1940, Oliver Herford 1863-1935, and Addison Mizner 1872-<br />

1933<br />

In the midst <strong>of</strong> life we are in debt.<br />

‘Altogether New Cynic’s Calendar’ (1907).<br />

1.196 Lewis Mumford 1895—<br />

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Brown Decades’ (1931) p. 3<br />

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.<br />

‘Quote Magazine’ 8 October 1961<br />

1.197 Iris Murdoch b. 1919<br />

Dora Greenfield left her husband because she was afraid <strong>of</strong> him. She decided six months later<br />

to return to him for the same reason.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Bell’ (1958) opening lines<br />

<strong>The</strong> Greeks said God was always doing geometry, modern physicists say he’s playing roulette,<br />

everything depends on the observer, the universe is a totality <strong>of</strong> observations, it’s a work <strong>of</strong> art<br />

created by us.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Good Apprentice’<br />

Only in our virtues are we original, because virtue is difficult...Vices are general, virtues are<br />

particular.<br />

‘Nuns and Soldiers’<br />

One doesn’t have to get anywhere in a marriage. It’s not a public conveyance.<br />

‘A Severed Head’ (1961) ch. 3<br />

Anything thst consoles is fake.<br />

In R. Harries ‘Prayer and the Pursuit <strong>of</strong> Happiness’ (1985) p. 115<br />

We live in a fantasy world, a world <strong>of</strong> illusion. <strong>The</strong> great task in life is to find reality.<br />

In ‘<strong>The</strong> Times’ 15 April 1983 ‘Pr<strong>of</strong>ile’<br />

1.198 C. W. Murphy and Will Letters<br />

Has anybody here seen Kelly? Kelly from the Isle <strong>of</strong> Man?<br />

‘Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?’ (1909 song)<br />

1.199 Fred Murray<br />

Ginger, you’re balmy!<br />

Title <strong>of</strong> song (1910)<br />

I’m Henery the Eighth, I am!<br />

Henery the Eighth, I am, I am!<br />

I got married to the widow next door,<br />

She’s been married seven times before.

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