The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

11.118 Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889-1951
Gäbe es ein Verbum mit der Bedeutung ‘fälschlich glauben’, so hätte das keine sinnvolle erste
Person im Indikatir des Präsens.
If there were a verb meaning ‘to behave falsely’, it would not have any significant first person,
present indicative.
‘Philosophical Investigations’ (1953) pt. 2, sect. 10
Was sich überhaupt sagen lässt, lässt sich klar sagen; und wovon man nicht reden kann,
darüber muss man schweigen.
What can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be
silent.
‘Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’ (1922) preface
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
The world is everything that is the case.
‘Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’ (1922) p. 30
Die Logik muss für sich selber sorgen.
Logic must take care of itself.
‘Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’ (1922) p. 126
Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt.
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
‘Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’ (1922) p. 148
Die Welt des Glücklichen ist eine andere als die des Unglücklichen.
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.
‘Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’ (1922) p. 184
11.119 P. G. Wodehouse 1881-1975
Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his
forehead first, and if it rings solid, don’t hesitate. All the unhappy marriages come from the
husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him.
‘The Adventures of Sally’ (1920) ch. 10
It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.
‘Blandings Castle and Elsewhere’ (1935) ‘The Custody of the Pumpkin’
At this point in the proceedings there was another ring at the front door. Jeeves shimmered out
and came back with a telegram.
‘Carry On, Jeeves!’ (1925) ‘Jeeves Takes Charge’
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled,
he was far from being gruntled, so I tactfully changed the subject.
‘The Code of the Woosters’ (1938) ch. 1
Slice him where you like, a hellhound is always a hellhound.