The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
‘Adages’
5.45 Susan Ertz 1894-1985
Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don’t
know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
‘Anger in the Sky’ (1943) p. 137
5.46 Robert Devereux, Earl Of Essex 1566-1601
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
Letter to Lord Willoughby, 4 January 1599, in ‘Notes and Queries’ 10th Series, vol. 2 (1904) p. 23
5.47 Henri Estienne 1531-98
Si jeunesse savoit; si vieillesse pouvoit.
If youth knew; if age could.
‘Les Prèmices’ (1594) bk. 4, epigram 4
5.48 Sir George Etherege (or Etheredge) c.1635-91
I walk within the purlieus of the Law.
‘Love in a Tub’ (1664) act 1, sc. 3
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is put it to a violent death; I cannot endure
the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
‘The Man of Mode’ (1676) act 2, sc. 2
Writing, Madam, ’s a mechanic part of wit! A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a
billet.
‘The Man of Mode’ (1676) act 4, sc. 1
Fear not, though love and beauty fail,
My reason shall my heart direct:
Your kindness now will then prevail,
And passion turn into respect:
Chloris, at worst, you’ll in the end
But change your Lover for a friend.
‘New Academy of Compliments’ (1671) ‘Chloris, ’tis not in your power’
5.49 Euclid fl. c.300 B.C.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
Which was to be proved.
‘Elementa’ bk. 1, proposition 5 and passim (Latin translation from the Greek)
A line is length without breadth.
‘Elementa’ bk. 1, definition 2