The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

And you’ll never be chid.
‘The Contrast’ (1804) ch. 1
Business was his aversion; pleasure was his business.
‘The Contrast’ (1804) ch. 2
Possessed, as are all the fair daughters of Eve, of an hereditary propensity, transmitted to them
undiminished through succeeding generations, to be “soon moved with the slightest touch of
blame”; very little precept and practice will confirm them in the habit, and instruct them in all the
maxims, of self-justification.
‘An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification’ (1787)
What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!...Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only
that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make
darkness more visible; to show us the new limits, the Gothic structure, the impenetrable barriers
of our prison.
‘Leonora’ (1806) Letter 1
Man is to be held only by the slightest chains, with the idea that he can break them at pleasure,
he submits to them in sport.
‘Letters of Julia and Caroline’ (1787) Letter 1
5.5 Duke of Edinburgh 1921—
See Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (4.54) in Volume II
5.6 Thomas Alva Edison 1847-1931
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
In ‘Harper’s Monthly Magazine’ September 1932 (having been said c.1903).
5.7 James Edmeston 1791-1867
Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us
O’er the world’s tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but Thee.
‘Sacred Lyrics’ (1821) ‘Lead Us, Heavenly Father’
5.8 John Maxwell Edmonds 1875-1958
When you go home, tell them of us and say,
‘For your tomorrows these gave their today.’
‘Inscriptions Suggested for War Memorials’ (1919)
5.9 King Edward III 1312-77
Also say to them, that they suffre hym this day to wynne his spurres, for if god be pleased, I
woll this journey be his, and the honoure therof.
Speaking of the Black Prince at Crècy, 1345 (commonly quoted as ‘Let the boy win his spurs’) in ‘The