The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘On Passing the New Menin Gate’ (1928)
7.27 George Savile, Marquis of Halifax
See Halifax (8.13) in Volume I
7.28 Dorothy L. Sayers 1893-1957
I admit it is better fun to punt than to be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is ninetenths
of the law of chivalry.
‘Gaudy Night’ (1935) ch. 14
As I grow older and older,
And totter towards the tomb,
I find that I care less and less
Who goes to bed with whom.
‘That’s Why I Never Read Modern Novels’, in Janet Hitchman ‘Such a Strange Lady’ (1975) ch. 12
7.29 Al Scalpone
The family that prays together stays together.
Slogan devised for the Roman Catholic Family Rosary Crusade, 1947
7.30 Hugh Scanlon (Baron Scanlon) 1913—
Of course liberty is not licence. Liberty in my view is conforming to majority opinion.
Television interview, 9 August 1977, in ‘Listener’ 11 August 1977
7.31 Arthur Scargill 1938—
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.
Said in evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on Employment, 2 April 1980, in ‘House of
Commons Paper no. 462 of Session 1979-80’ p. 55
7.32 Age Scarpelli et al.
Il buono, il bruto, il cattivo.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Title of film (1966)
7.33 Friedrich von Schelling 1775-1854
Architecture in general is frozen music.
‘Philosophie der Kunst’ (1809)
7.34 Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805
Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,