The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Title of book (1914).
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
‘The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman’ (1914) ch. 9, sect. 2
In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century
intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
‘The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind’ (1931) ch. 2
If Max [Beaverbrook] gets to Heaven he won’t last long. He will be chucked out for trying to
pull off a merger between Heaven and Hell...after having secured a controlling interest in key
subsidiary companies in both places, of course.
In A. J. P. Taylor ‘Beaverbrook’ (1972) ch. 8
11.48 Arnold Wesker 1932—
And then I saw the menu, stained with tea and beautifully written by a foreign hand, and on top
it said—God I hated that old man—it said ‘Chips with everything’. Chips with every damn thing.
You breed babies and you eat chips with everything.
‘Chips with Everything’ (1962) act 1, sc. 2
11.49 Charles Wesley 1707-88
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to thee.
‘Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild’
11.50 John Wesley 1703-91
I look upon all the world as my parish.
‘Journal’ 11 June 1739
I heard a good man say long since,—’Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a
shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.’—Whatever others can
do, I really cannot
‘Journal’ 1 September 1778
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.
Letter to a member of the Society. 10 December 1777, in ‘Select Letters’ (1837)
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.