The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, dedication st. 11
My way is to begin with the beginning.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 7
But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual,
Inform us truly, have they not hen-pecked you all?
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 22
Married, charming, chaste, and twenty-three.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 59 (Donna Julia)
What men call gallantry, and gods adultery,
Is much more common where the climate’s sultry.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 63
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 83
He thought about himself, and the whole earth,
Of man the wonderful, and of the stars,
And how the deuce they ever could have birth;
And then he thought of earthquakes, and of wars,
How many miles the moon might have in girth,
Of air-balloons, and of the many bars
To perfect knowledge of the boundless skies;
And then he thought of Donna Julia’s eyes.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 92
’Twas strange that one so young should thus concern
His brain about the action of the sky;
If you think ’twas philosophy that this did,
I can’t help thinking puberty assisted.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 93
A little still she strove, and much repented,
And whispering ‘I will ne’er consent’—consented.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 117
Sweet is revenge—especially to women.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 124.
Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 133
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart,
’Tis woman’s whole existence.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 194
A panoramic view of hell’s in training,
After the style of Virgil and of Homer,