The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Order to British troops, 12 April 1918, in A. Duff Cooper ‘Haig’ (1936) vol. 2, ch. 23
8.5 Lord Hailsham (Baron Hailsham, Quintin Hogg) 1907—
A great party is not to be brought down because of a scandal by a woman of easy virtue and a
proved liar.
Interviewed on the Profumo affair, in ‘The Times’ 14 June 1963
8.6 J. B. S. Haldane 1892-1964
I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, or can be dreamed
of, in any philosophy. That is the reason why I have no philosophy myself, and must be my
excuse for dreaming.
‘Possible Worlds and Other Essays’ (1927) ‘Possible Worlds’.
The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.
On observing that there are 400,000 species of beetle on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals:
report of lecture, 7 April 1951, in ‘Journal of the British Interplanetary Society’ (1951)vol. 10, p. 156
8.7 H. R. Haldeman 1929—
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.
To John Dean on the Watergate affair, 8 April 1973, in ‘Hearings Before the Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Activities of US Senate: Watergate and Related Activities’ (1973) vol. 4, p. 1399
8.8 Edward Everett Hale 1822-1909
‘Do you pray for the senators, Dr Hale?’ ‘No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.’
Van Wyck Brooks ‘New England Indian Summer’ (1940) p. 418 n.
8.9 Sir Matthew Hale 1609-76
Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.
In ‘Historia Placitorum Coronae’ (ed. Sollom Emlyn, 1736)
8.10 Nathan Hale 1755-76
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Before being executed as a spy by the British, 22 September 1776, in Henry Phelps Johnston ‘Nathan Hale,
1776’ (1914) ch. 7.
8.11 Sarah Josepha Hale 1788-1879
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
‘Poems for Our Children’ (1830) ‘Mary’s Little Lamb’
8.12 T. C. Haliburton 1796-1865