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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Every one was a Henery,<br />

She wouldn’t have a Willie or a Sam.<br />

I’m her eighth old man named Henery<br />

I’m Henery the Eighth, I am!<br />

‘I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am!’ (1911 song)<br />

1.200 Ed Murrow (Edward Roscoe Murrow) 1908-65<br />

This—is London.<br />

Opening his broadcasts from London, 1938-45. E. R. Murrow ‘In Search <strong>of</strong> Light’ (1967) ‘1938-1945’<br />

He [Winston Churchill] mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his<br />

fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night <strong>of</strong> tyranny had<br />

descended.<br />

Broadcast, 30 November 1954, in ‘In Search <strong>of</strong> Light’ (1967) p. 276<br />

Anyone who isn’t confused doesn’t really understand the situation.<br />

On the Vietnam War, in Walter Bryan ‘<strong>The</strong> Improbable Irish’ (1969) ch. 1<br />

1.201 Alfred De Musset 1810-57<br />

Mon verre n’est pas grand mais je bois dans mon verre.<br />

<strong>The</strong> glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own.<br />

‘La Coupe et les lévres’<br />

Malgrè moi l’infini me tourmente.<br />

I can’t help it, the idea <strong>of</strong> the infinite torments me.<br />

‘Premiéres Poèsies’ ‘L’Espoir en Dieu’<br />

Le seul bien qui me rest au monde<br />

Est d’avoir quelquefois pleurè.<br />

<strong>The</strong> only good thing left to me is that I have sometimes wept.<br />

‘Poémes’<br />

Je suis venu trop tard dans un monde trop vieux.<br />

I have come too late into a world too old.<br />

‘Rollo’ (1833)<br />

1.202 Benito Mussolini 1883-1945<br />

Voglio partire in perfetto orario...D’ora innanzi ogni cosa deve camminare alla perfezione.<br />

We must leave exactly on time...From now on everything must function to perfection.<br />

Speaking to a station-master, in Giorgio Pini ‘Mussolini’ (1939) vol. 2, ch. 6, p. 251. HRH Infanta Eulalia <strong>of</strong><br />

Spain ‘Courts and Countries after the War’ (1925) ch. 13: ‘<strong>The</strong> first benefit <strong>of</strong> Benito Mussolini’s direction in<br />

Italy begins to be felt when one crosses the Italian Frontier and hears “ Il treno arriva all’orario [the train is<br />

arriving on time]”’<br />

1.203 A. J. Muste 1885-1967

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