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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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God won’t, and we can’t mend it.<br />

‘Dipsychus’ (1865) sc. 5<br />

I drive through the street, and I care not a d-mn;<br />

<strong>The</strong> people they stare, and they ask who I am;<br />

And if I should chance to run over a cad,<br />

I can pay for the damage if ever so bad.<br />

So pleasant it is to have money, heigho!<br />

So pleasant it is to have money.<br />

‘Dipsychus’ (1865) sc. 5<br />

<strong>The</strong>y may talk as they please about what they call pelf,<br />

And how one ought never to think <strong>of</strong> one’s self,<br />

And how pleasures <strong>of</strong> thought surpass eating and drinking—<br />

My pleasure <strong>of</strong> thought is the pleasure <strong>of</strong> thinking<br />

How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!<br />

How pleasant it is to have money.<br />

‘Dipsychus’ (1865) sc. 5<br />

‘<strong>The</strong>re is no God,’ the wicked saith,<br />

‘And truly it’s a blessing,<br />

For what he might have done with us<br />

It’s better only guessing.’<br />

‘Dipsychus’ (1865) sc. 6<br />

And almost every one when age,<br />

Disease, or sorrows strike him,<br />

Inclines to think there is a God,<br />

Or something very like Him.<br />

‘Dipsychus’ (1865) sc. 6<br />

Thou shalt have one God only; who<br />

Would be at the expense <strong>of</strong> two?<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Latest Decalogue’ (1862)<br />

Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive<br />

Officiously to keep alive.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Latest Decalogue’ (1862)<br />

Do not adultery commit;<br />

Advantage rarely comes <strong>of</strong> it.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Latest Decalogue’ (1862)<br />

Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,<br />

When it’s so lucrative to cheat.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Latest Decalogue’ (1862)<br />

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition<br />

Approves all forms <strong>of</strong> competition.

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