The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘Thyestes’ sc. 2, chorus (translation by Miller)
7.57 Robert W. Service 1874-1958
A promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
‘The Cremation of Sam McGee’ (1907)
Ah! the clock is always slow;
It is later than you think.
‘It Is Later Than You Think’ (1921)
This is the law of the Yukon, that only the Strong shall thrive;
That surely the Weak shall perish, and only the Fit survive.
Dissolute, damned and despairful, crippled and palsied and slain,
This is the Will of the Yukon,—Lo, how she makes it plain!
‘The Law of the Yukon’ (1907)
When we, the Workers, all demand: ‘What are WE fighting for?’ ...
Then, then we’ll end that stupid crime, that devil’s madness—War.
‘Michael’ (1921)
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
And watching his luck was his light-o’-love, the lady that’s known as Lou.
‘The Shootings of Dan McGrew’ (1907)
7.58 William Seward 1801-72
The Constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defence, to welfare, and to liberty.
But there is a higher law than the Constitution.
US Senate, 11 March 1850
I know, and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backward.
At Rochester on the Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858
7.59 Edward Sexby d. 1658
Killing no murder briefly discourst in three questions.
Title of pamphlet (1657)
7.60 Anne Sexton 1928-74
In a dream you are never eighty.
‘Old’
7.61 James Seymour and Rian James 1899—
You’re going out a youngster but you’ve got to come back a star.
‘42nd Street’ (1933 film)