The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

They are provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To eat dusty bread.
‘Women’ (1923)
2.143 John B. Bogart 1848-1921
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog,
that is news.
In F. M. O’Brien ‘The Story of the [New York] Sun’ (1918) ch. 10 (often attributed to Charles A. Dana)
2.144 Niels Bohr 1885-1962
One of the favourite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths,
profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to
trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd.
In S. Rozental ‘Niels Bohr’ (1967) p. 328
2.145 Nicolas Boileau 1636-1711
Enfin Malherbe vint, et, le premier en France,
Fit sentir dans les vers une juste cadence.
At last came Malherbe, and, first ever in France,
Made a proper flow felt in verse.
‘L’Art poètique’ canto 1, l. 131
Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l’admire.
A fool can always find a greater fool to admire him.
‘L’Art poètique’ canto 1, l. 232
Qu’en un lieu, qu’en un jour, un seul fait accompli
Tienne jusqu’á la fin le thèâtre rempli.
Let a single completed action, all in one place, all in one day, keep the theatre packed to the
end of your play.
‘L’Art poètique’ canto 3, l. 45
Si j’ècris quatre mots, j’en effacerai trois.
Of every four words I write, I strike out three.
‘Satire (2). A M. Moliére’
2.146 Alan Bold 1943—
Scotland, land of the omnipotent No.
‘A Memory of Death’ (1969)
2.147 Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 1678-1751
They make truth serve as a stalking-horse to error.