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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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3.104 Earl <strong>of</strong> Clarendon 1609-74<br />

Without question, when he first drew the sword, he threw away the scabbard.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> History <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion’ (1703) ed. W. D. Macray (1888) vol. 3, bk. 7, sect. 84 (<strong>of</strong> Hampden)<br />

He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> History <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion’ (1703) ed. W. D. Macray (1888) vol. 3, bk. 7, sect. 84 (<strong>of</strong> Hampden).<br />

He...would, with a shrill and sad accent, ingeminate the word Peace, Peace.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> History <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion’ (1703) ed. W. D. Macray (1888) vol. 3, bk. 7, sect. 233 (<strong>of</strong> Falkland)<br />

So enamoured on peace that he would have been glad the King should have bought it at any<br />

price.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> History <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion’ (1703) ed. W. D. Macray (1888) vol. 3, bk. 7, sect. 233 (<strong>of</strong> Falkland)<br />

He will be looked upon by posterity as a brave bad man.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> History <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion’ (1703) ed. W. D. Macray (1888) vol. 6, bk. 15, last line (<strong>of</strong> Cromwell)<br />

3.105 Claribel (Mrs C. A. Barnard) 1840-69<br />

I cannot sing the old songs<br />

I sang long years ago,<br />

For heart and voice would fail me,<br />

And foolish tears would flow.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Songs’ (1865)<br />

3.106 Brian Clark 1932—<br />

Whose life is it anyway?<br />

Title <strong>of</strong> play (1977)<br />

3.107 Kenneth Clark (Baron Clark) 1903-83<br />

Medieval marriages were entirely a matter <strong>of</strong> property, and, as everyone knows, marriage<br />

without love means love without marriage.<br />

‘Civilisation’ (1969) ch. 3<br />

It’s a curious fact that the all-male religions have produced no religious imagery—in most<br />

cases have positively forbidden it. <strong>The</strong> great religious art <strong>of</strong> the world is deeply involved with the<br />

female principle.<br />

‘Civilisation’ (1969) ch. 7<br />

Perrault’s façade [<strong>of</strong> the Louvre] reflects the triumph <strong>of</strong> an authoritarian state...It was the work<br />

not <strong>of</strong> craftsmen, but <strong>of</strong> wonderfully gifted civil servants.<br />

‘Civilisation’ (1969) ch. 9<br />

3.108 Arthur C. Clarke 1917—<br />

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible he is almost certainly<br />

right, but if he says that it is impossible he is very probably wrong.<br />

In ‘New Yorker’ 9 August 1969

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