The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Fall out, and chide, and fight.
‘Love between Brothers and Sisters’ from ‘Divine Songs for Children’ (1715)
Lord, I ascribe it to Thy grace,
And not to chance, as others do,
That I was born of Christian race,
And not a Heathen, or a Jew.
‘Praise for the Gospel’ from ‘Divine Songs for Children’ (1715)
’Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,
‘You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again’.
As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,
Turns his sides and his shoulders and his heavy head.
‘The Sluggard’
There’s no repentance in the grave.
‘Solemn Thoughts of God and Death’ from ‘Divine Songs for Children’ (1715)
11.29 Evelyn Waugh 1903-66
Brideshead revisited.
Title of novel (1945)
A shriller note could now be heard rising from Sir Alastair’s rooms; any who have heard that
sound will shrink at the recollection of it; it is the sound of English county families baying for
broken glass.
‘Decline and Fall’ (1928) ‘Prelude’.
I expect you’ll be becoming a schoolmaster, sir. That’s what most of the gentlemen does, sir,
that gets sent down for indecent behaviour.
‘Decline and Fall’ (1928) ‘Prelude’
‘We class schools, you see, into four grades: Leading School, First-rate School, Good School,
and School. Frankly,’ said Mr Levy, ‘School is pretty bad.’
‘Decline and Fall’ (1928) pt. 1, ch. 1
For generations the British bourgeoisie have spoken of themselves as gentlemen, and by that
they have meant, among other things, a self-respecting scorn of irregular perquisites. It is the
quality that distinguishes the gentleman from both the artist and the aristocrat.
‘Decline and Fall’ (1928) pt. 1, ch. 6
‘I often think,’ he continued, ‘that we can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the
influence of Wales!’
‘Decline and Fall’ (1928) pt. 1, ch. 8
I haven’t been to sleep for over a year. That’s why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if
one doesn’t sleep.
‘Decline and Fall’ (1928) pt. 2, ch. 3
Apparently he has been reading a series of articles by a popular bishop and has discovered that
there is a species of person called a ‘Modern Churchman’ who draws the full salary of a