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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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What is a communist? One who hath yearnings<br />

For equal division <strong>of</strong> unequal earnings.<br />

‘More Verse and Prose’ (1850) ‘Epigram’<br />

When wilt thou save the people?<br />

Oh, God <strong>of</strong> Mercy! when?<br />

<strong>The</strong> people, Lord, the people!<br />

Not thrones and crowns, but men!<br />

‘More Verse and Prose’ (1850) ‘<strong>The</strong> People’s Anthem’<br />

5.31 George Ellis 1753-1815<br />

Snowy, Flowy, Blowy,<br />

Showery, Flowery, Bowery,<br />

Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy,<br />

Breezy, Sneezy, Freezy.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Twelve Months’<br />

5.32 Havelock Ellis (Henry Havelock Ellis) 1859-1939<br />

What we call ‘progress’ is the exchange <strong>of</strong> one nuisance for another nuisance.<br />

‘Impressions and Comments’ (1914) 31 July 1912<br />

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano <strong>of</strong> revolution.<br />

‘Little Essays <strong>of</strong> Love and Virtue’ (1922) ch. 7<br />

5.33 Elstow<br />

With thanks to God we know the way to heaven, to be as ready by water as by land, and<br />

therefore we care not which way we go.<br />

When threatened with drowning by Henry VIII, in John Stow ‘<strong>The</strong> Annals <strong>of</strong> England’ (1615) p. 543.<br />

5.34 Paul Eluard 1895-1952<br />

Adieu tristesse<br />

Bonjour tristesse<br />

Tu es inscrite dans les lignes du plafond.<br />

Farewell sadness Good-day sadness You are inscribed in the lines <strong>of</strong> the ceiling.<br />

‘A peine dèfigurèe’ (1932)<br />

5.35 Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-82<br />

If the red slayer think he slays,<br />

Or if the slain think he is slain,<br />

<strong>The</strong>y know not well the subtle ways<br />

I keep, and pass, and turn again.<br />

‘Brahma’ (1867)<br />

I am the doubter and the doubt,

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