The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

But I can tell you anyhow,
I’ll kill you if you quote it!
‘The Burgess Nonsense Book’ (1914) ‘Confessional’
2.250 John William Burgon 1813-88
Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime,—
A rose-red city—‘half as old as Time’!
‘Petra’ (1845) l. 131.
2.251 Sir John Burgoyne 1722-92
You have only, when before your glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-pimini—the
lips cannot fail of taking their plie.
‘The Heiress’ (1786) act 3, sc. 2
2.252 Edmund Burke 1729-97
The conduct of a losing party never appears right: at least it never can possess the only
infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgements—success.
‘Letter to a Member of the National Assembly’ (1791) p. 7
Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument
from it, even though for but one year, can never willingly abandon it.
‘Letter to a Member of the National Assembly’ (1791) p. 12
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
‘Letter to a Member of the National Assembly’ (1791) p. 25
You can never plan the future by the past.
‘Letter to a Member of the National Assembly’ (1791) p. 73
To innovate is not to reform.
‘A Letter to a Noble Lord’ (1796) p. 20
The king, and his faithful subjects, the lords and commons of this realm,—the triple cord,
which no man can break.
‘A Letter to a Noble Lord’ (1796) p. 54.
I know many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of treason.
‘Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America’ (1777) p. 30
Between craft and credulity, the voice of reason is stifled.
‘Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol’ (1777) p. 34
Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.
‘Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol’ (1777) p. 55
Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown
man in the cradle of an infant.
‘Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol’ (1777) p. 59
Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.