The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘Mutter Courage’ (1939) sc. 6
Der Krieg findet immer einen Ausweg.
War always finds a way.
‘Mutter Courage’ (1939) sc. 6
Sagen Sie mir nicht, dass Friede ausgebrochen ist, wo ich eben neue Vorräte eingekauft hab.
Don’t tell me peace has broken out, when I’ve just bought some new supplies.
‘Mutter Courage’ (1939) sc. 8
2.191 Gerald Brenan 1894—
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor
know that it is money.
‘Thoughts in a Dry Season’ (1978) p. 22.
Religions are kept alive by heresies, which are really sudden explosions of faith. Dead
religions do not produce them.
‘Thoughts in a Dry Season’ (1978) p. 45
2.192 Nicholas Breton c.1545-1626
We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb.
‘The Court and Country’ (1618) para. 8
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
‘A Farewell to Town’ (1577)
In the merry month of May,
In a morn by break of day,
Forth I walked by the wood side,
Whenas May was in his pride:
There I spied all alone,
Phillida and Coridon.
‘Phillida and Coridon’
Come little babe, come silly soul,
Thy father’s shame, thy mother’s grief,
Born as I doubt to all our dole,
And to thy self unhappy chief:
Sing lullaby and lap it warm,
Poor soul that thinks no creature harm.
‘A Sweet Lullaby’
2.193 Aristide Briand 1862-1932
Les hautes parties contractantes dèclarent solennellement...qu’elles condamnent le recours á la
guerre...et y renoncent en tant qu’instrument de politique nationale dans leurs relations