The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

We shall have no time for dances.
‘Sunlight on the Garden’ (1938)
So they were married—to be the more together—
And found they were never again so much together,
Divided by the morning tea,
By the evening paper,
By children and tradesmen’s bills.
‘Les Sylphides’ (1941)
By a high star our course is set,
Our end is Life. Put out to sea.
‘Thalassa’ (1964)
1.35 Geoffrey Madan 1895-1947
King George, passing slowly in a closed car, looking like a big, rather worn penny in the
window.
In J. A. Gere and John Sparrow ‘Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks’ (1981) p. 66 (of George V)
Warm lagoon of indolence and irreligion which seems to be the proper habitat of youth.
In J. A. Gere and John Sparrow ‘Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks’ (1981) p. 66
The great tragedy of the classical languages is to have been born twins.
In J. A. Gere and John Sparrow ‘Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks’ (1981) p. 67
Peers: a kind of eye-shade or smoked glass, to protect us from the full glare of Royalty.
In J. A. Gere and John Sparrow ‘Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks’ (1981) p. 70
Don’s room, like the nest of a foolish bird.
In J. A. Gere and John Sparrow ‘Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks’ (1981) p. 70
Conservative ideal of freedom and progress: everyone to have an unfettered opportunity of
remaining exactly where they are.
In J. A. Gere and John Sparrow ‘Geoffrey Madan’s Notebooks’ (1981) p. 70
The dust of exploded beliefs may make a fine sunset.
‘Livre sans nom: Twelve Reflections’ (privately printed 1934) no. 12
1.36 Salvador de Madariaga 1886-1978
Since, in the main, it is not armaments that cause wars but wars (or the fears thereof) that cause
armaments, it follows that every nation will at every moment strive to keep its armament in an
efficient state as required by its fear, otherwise styled security.
‘Morning Without Noon’ (1974) pt. 1, ch. 9
1.37 Samuel Madden 1686-1765
Words are men’s daughters, but God’s sons are things.
‘Boulter’s Monument’ (1745) l. 377.
1.38 James Madison 1751-1836