The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
.pdf2.102 Georges Bernanos 1888-1948
2.103 St Bernard 1090-1153
2.104 Bernard of Chartres d. c.1130 2.105 Eric Berne 1910-70
2.106 Lord Berners (George Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, fourteenth Baron Berners) 1883-1950 2.107 Carl Bernstein 1944—and Bob Woodward 1943—
2.108 Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Berry) 1926—or 1931— 2.109 John Berryman 1914-1972
2.110 Charles Best
2.111 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1856-1921 2.112 Sir John Betjeman 1906-84
2.113 Aneurin Bevan 1897-1960
2.114 William Henry Beveridge (First Baron Beveridge) 1879-1963 2.115 Ernest Bevin 1881-1951
2.116 The Bible
2.116.1 Authorized Version
2.116.2 Old Testament
2.116.2.1 Genesis
2.116.2.2 Exodus
2.116.2.3 Leviticus
2.116.2.4 Numbers
2.116.2.5 Deuteronomy
2.116.2.6 Joshua
2.116.2.7 Judges
2.116.2.8 Ruth
2.116.2.9 1 Samuel
2.116.2.10 2 Samuel
2.116.2.11 1 Kings
2.116.2.12 2 Kings
2.116.2.13 1 Chronicles
2.116.2.14 Nehemiah
2.116.2.15 Esther
2.116.2.16 Job
2.116.2.17 Proverbs
2.116.2.18 Ecclesiastes 2.116.2.19 Song Of Solomon
2.116.2.20 Isaiah
2.116.2.21 Jeremiah
2.116.2.22 Lamentations
2.116.2.23 Ezekiel
2.116.2.24 Daniel
2.116.2.25 Hosea
2.116.2.26 Joel
2.116.2.27 Amos
2.116.2.28 Jonah
2.116.2.29 Micah
2.116.2.30 Nahum
2.116.2.31 Habakkuk
2.116.2.32 Zephaniah
2.116.2.33 Haggai
2.116.2.34 Malachi
2.116.3 Apocrypha
2.116.3.1 1 Esdras
2.116.3.2 2 Esdras
2.116.3.3 Tobit
2.116.3.4 Wisdom of Solomon
2.116.3.5 Ecclesiasticus
2.116.3.6 2 Maccabees
2.116.4 New Testament
2.116.4.1 St Matthew
2.116.4.2 St Mark
2.116.4.3 St Luke
2.116.4.4 St John
2.116.4.5 Acts Of The Apostles
2.116.4.6 Romans
2.116.4.7 1 Corinthians
2.116.4.8 2 Corinthians
2.116.4.9 Galatians
2.116.4.10 Ephesians
2.116.4.11 Philippians
2.116.4.12 Colossians
2.116.4.13 1 Thessalonians
2.116.4.14 2 Thessalonians
2.116.4.15 1 Timothy
2.116.4.16 2 Timothy
2.116.4.17 Titus
2.116.4.18 Hebrews
2.116.4.19 James
2.116.4.20 1 Peter
2.116.4.21 2 Peter
2.116.4.22 1 John
2.116.4.23 3 John
2.116.4.24 Revelation
2.116.5 Vulgate
2.117 Isaac Bickerstaffe c.1733-c.1808 2.118 E. H. Bickersteth 1825-1906 2.119 Georges Bidault 1899-1983 2.120 Ambrose Bierce 1842-c.1914
2.121 Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk 1245-1306 2.122 Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85 2.123 Laurence Binyon 1869-1943
2.124 Nigel Birch (Baron Rhyl) 1906-81 2.125 John Bird
2.126 Earl of Birkenhead
2.127 Augustine Birrell 1850-1933 2.128 Prince Otto von Bismarck 1815-98 2.129 Sir William Blackstone 1723-80 2.130 Robert Blair 1699-1746
2.131 Eubie Blake (James Hubert Blake) 1883-1983 2.132 William Blake 1757-1827
2.133 Susan Blamire 1747-94
2.134 Lesley Blanch 1907—
2.135 Karen Blixen
2.136 Philip Paul Bliss 1838-76
2.137 Gebhard Lebrecht Blücher 1742-1819
2.138 Edmund Blunden 1896-1974
2.139 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840-1922
2.140 Ronald Blythe 1922—
2.141 Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus) c.476-524 2.142 Louise Bogan 1897-1970
2.143 John B. Bogart 1848-1921 2.144 Niels Bohr 1885-1962 2.145 Nicolas Boileau 1636-1711 2.146 Alan Bold 1943—
2.147 Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 1678-1751 2.148 Robert Bolt 1924—
2.149 Andrew Bonar Law 1858-1923
2.150 Carrie Jacobs Bond 1862-1946
2.151 Sir David Bone 1874-1959
2.152 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-45
2.153 General William Booth 1829-1912
2.154 Frances Boothby fl. 1670
2.155 James H. Boren 1925—
2.156 Jorge Luis Borges 1899-1986
2.157 Cesare Borgia 1476-1507
2.158 George Borrow 1803-81
2.159 Marèchal Pierre Bosquet 1810-61
2.160 John Collins Bossidy 1860-1928 2.161 Jacques-Bènigne Bossuet 1627-1704 2.162 James Boswell 1740-95
2.163 Gordon Bottomley 1874-1948
2.164 Horatio Bottomley 1860-1933
2.165 Dion Boucicault (Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot 1820-90) 1820-90 2.166 Antoine Boulay de la Meurthe 1761-1840
2.167 Sir Harold Edwin Boulton 1859-1935 2.168 Matthew Boulton 1728-1809
2.169 F. W. Bourdillon 1852-1921 2.170 Lord Bowen 1835-94
2.171 E. E. Bowen 1836-1901 2.172 Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973
2.173 David Bowie (David Jones) 1947—
2.174 William Lisle Bowles 1762-1850
2.175 Sir Maurice Bowra 1898-1971
2.176 Lord Brabazon (Baron Brabazon of Tara) 1884-1964
2.177 Charles Brackett 1892-1969, Billy Wilder 1906-, and D. M. Marshman Jr.
2.178 Charles Brackett 1892-1969, Billy Wilder 1906-, and Walter Reisch 1903-83
2.179 E. E. Bradford 1860-1944
2.180 John Bradford c.1510-55
2.181 F. H. Bradley (Francis Herbert Bradley) 1846-1924
2.182 Omar Bradley 1893-1981
2.183 John Bradshaw 1602-59
2.184 Anne Bradstreet c.1612-72
2.185 Ernest Bramah (Ernest Bramah Smith) 1868-1942
2.186 James Bramston c.1694-1744
2.187 Georges Braque 1882-1963
2.188 Richard Brathwaite c.1588-1673
2.189 Irving Brecher 1914—
2.190 Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956
2.191 Gerald Brenan 1894—
2.192 Nicholas Breton c.1545-1626
2.193 Aristide Briand 1862-1932
2.194 Robert Bridges 1844-1930
2.195 John Bright 1811-89
2.196 Anthelme Brillat-Savarin 1755-1826
2.197 David Broder 1929—
2.198 Alexander Brome 1620-66
2.199 Jacob Bronowski 1908-74
2.200 Anne Brontë 1820-49
2.201 Charlotte Brontë 1816-55
2.202 Emily Brontë 1818-48
2.203 Patrick Brontë 1777-1861
2.204 Henry Brooke 1703-83
2.205 Rupert Brooke 1887-1915
2.206 Anita Brookner 1938—
2.207 Thomas Brooks 1608-80
2.208 Robert Barnabas Brough 1828-60
2.209 Lord Brougham (Henry Peter, Baron Brougham and Vaux) 1778-1868
2.210 Heywood Broun 1888-1939
2.211 H. Rap Brown (Hubert Geroid Brown) 1943—
2.212 John Brown 1715-66
2.213 John Brown 1800-59
2.214 Lew Brown (Louis Brownstein) 1893-1958 2.215 Thomas Brown 1663-1704
2.216 T. E. Brown (Thomas Edward Brown) 1830-97 2.217 Cecil Browne 1932—
2.218 Coral Browne 1913-91
2.219 Sir Thomas Browne 1605-82
2.220 William Browne c.1590-1643
2.221 Sir William Browne 1692-1774
2.222 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-61
2.223 Sir Frederick Browning 1896-1965
2.224 Robert Browning 1812-89 2.225 Robert I the Bruce 1554-1631
2.226 Beau Brummell (George Bryan Brummell) 1778-1840 2.227 William Jennings Bryan 1860-1925
2.228 Martin Buber 1878-1965
2.229 John Buchan (first Baron Tweedsmuir) 1875-1940 2.230 Robert Buchanan 1841-1901
2.231 Frank Buchman 1878-1961
2.232 Gene Buck (Edward Eugene Buck) 1885-1957 and Herman Ruby 1891-1959 2.233 George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham 1628-87
2.234 John Sheffield, First Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1648-1721 2.235 H. J. Buckoll 1803-71
2.236 J. B. Buckstone 1802-79 2.237 Eustace Budgell 1686-1737
2.238 Comte de Buffon (George-Louis Leclerc) 1707-88 2.239 Arthur Buller 1874-1944
2.240 Ivor Bulmer-Thomas 1905—
2.241 Count von Bülow 1849-1929
2.242 Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (first Baron Lytton) 1803-73 2.243 Edward Robert Bulwer, Earl of Lytton
2.244 Alfred Bunn c.1796-1860 2.245 Luis Buñuel 1900-83 2.246 John Bunyan 1628-88
2.247 Samuel Dickinson Burchard 1812-91
2.248 Anthony Burgess 1917—
2.249 Gelett Burgess 1866-1951
2.250 John William Burgon 1813-88
2.251 Sir John Burgoyne 1722-92
2.252 Edmund Burke 1729-97
2.253 Johnny Burke 1908-64
2.254 Lord Burleigh
2.255 Fanny Burney (Mme d’Arblay) 1752-1840 2.256 John Burns 1858-1943
2.257 Robert Burns 1759-96
2.258 William S. Burroughs 1914—
2.259 Sir Fred Burrows 1887-1973
2.260 Benjamin Hapgood Burt 1880-1950
2.261 Nat Burton
2.262 Sir Richard Burton 1821-90
2.263 Robert Burton (‘Democritus Junior’) 1577-1640 2.264 Hermann Busenbaum 1600-68
2.265 Comte de Bussy-Rabutin 1618-1693 2.266 Joseph Butler 1692-1752
2.267 Nicholas Murray Butler 1862-1947
2.268 Samuel Butler 1612-80
2.269 Samuel Butler 1835-1902
2.270 William Butler 1535-1618
2.271 Max Bygraves 1922—
2.272 John Byrom 1692-1763
2.273 Lord Byron (George Gordon, Sixth Baron Byron) 1788-1824
3.0 C
3.1 James Branch Cabell 1879-1958
3.2 Augustus Caesar
3.3 Irving Caesar 1895—
3.4 Julius Caesar c.100-44 B.C. 3.5 John Cage 1912—
3.6 James M. Cain 1892-1977
3.7 Sir Joseph Cairns 1920—
3.8 Pedro Calderón de La Barca 1600-81
3.9 Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus) A.D. 12-41 3.10 James Callaghan (Baron Callaghan of Cardiff) 1912—
3.11 Callimachus c.305-c.240 B.C.
3.12 Charles Alexandre de Calonne 1734-1802 3.13 C. S. Calverley 1831-84
3.14 General Cambronne 1770-1842
3.15 Lord Camden (Charles Pratt, Earl Camden) 1714-94 3.16 William Camden 1551-1623
3.17 Mrs Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Campbell) 1865-1940 3.18 Roy Campbell 1901-57
3.19 Thomas Campbell 1777-1844
3.20 Thomas Campion 1567-1620
3.21 Albert Camus 1913-60
3.22 Elias Canetti 1905—
3.23 George Canning 1770-1827
3.24 Hughie Cannon 1877-1912
3.25 Truman Capote 1924-84
3.26 Al Capp (Alfred Gerard Caplin) 1907-79
3.27 Marquis Domenico Caracciolo 1715-89
3.28 Ethna Carbery (Anna MacManus) 1866-1902 3.29 Richard Carew 1555-1620
3.30 Thomas Carew c.1595-1640
3.31 Henry Carey c.1687-1743
3.32 Jane Carlyle (Jane Baille Welsh Carlyle) 1801-66 3.33 Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881
3.34 Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919
3.35 Dale Carnegie 1888-1955
3.36 Julia A. Carney 1823-1908
3.37 Joseph Edwards Carpenter 1813-85
3.38 J. L. Carr
3.39 Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) 1832-98 3.40 William Herbert Carruth 1859-1924
3.41 Edward Carson (Baron Carson) 1854-1935 3.42 Henry Carter d. 1806
3.43 Sydney Carter 1915—
3.44 John Cartwright 1740-1824
3.45 Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla late 2nd cent. B.C. 3.46 Ted Castle (Baron Castle of Islington) 1907-79
3.47 Harry Castling and C. W. Murphy 3.48 Fidel Castro 1926—
3.49 Revd Edward Caswall 1814-78
3.50 Willa Cather 1873-1947
3.51 Empress Catherine the Great 1729-96
3.52 Cato The Elder or the Censor, (Marcus Porcius Cabo) 234-149 B.C. 3.53 Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) c.84-c.54 B.C.
3.54 Charles Causley 1917—
3.55 Constantine Cavafy 1863-1933
3.56 Edith Cavell 1865-1915
3.57 Margaret Cavendish (Duchess of Newcastle) c.1624-74 3.58 Count Cavour (Camillo Benso di Cavour) 1810-61 3.59 William Caxton c.1421-91
3.60 William Cecil (Lord Burghley) 1520-98)
3.61 Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1547-1616 3.62 John Chalkhill c.1600-42
3.63 Joseph Chamberlain 1836-1914
3.64 Neville Chamberlain 1869-1940
3.65 Haddon Chambers 1860-1921
3.66 Nicolas-Sèbastien Chamfort 1741-94 3.67 Harry Champion 1866-1942
3.68 John Chandler 1806-76
3.69 Raymond Chandler 1888-1959
3.70 Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur) 1883-1971
3.71 Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin) 1889-1977 3.72 Arthur Chapman 1873-1935
3.73 George Chapman c.1559-c.1634
3.74 Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
3.75 King Charles I 1629-49
3.76 King Charles II 1660-85
3.77 Emperor Charles V 1500-58
3.78 Prince Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales) 1948— 3.79 Pierre Charron 1541-1603
3.80 Salmon Portland Chase 1808-73
3.81 Earl of Chatham
3.82 Chateaubriand François-Renè, Viconte de Chateaubriand 1768-1848 3.83 Geoffrey Chaucer c.1343-1400
3.84 Anton Chekhov 1860-1904
3.85 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1882-1959
3.86 Lord Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield) 1694-1773 3.87 G. K. Chesterton 1874-1936
3.88 Erskine Childers 1870-1922
3.89 William Chillingworth 1602-44
3.90 Charles Chilton 1914—
3.91 Rufus Choate 1799-1859
3.92 Noam Chomsky 1928—
3.93 Dame Agatha Christie (nèe Miller) 1890-1976 3.94 Chuang Tzu 4th-3rd cent. B.C.
3.95 Mary, Lady Chudleigh 1656-1710
3.96 Charles Churchill 1731-64
3.97 Frank E. Churchill 1901-42
3.98 Lord Randolph Churchill 1849-94
3.99 Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965
3.100 Count Galeazzo Ciano 1903-44
3.101 Colley Cibber 1671-1757
3.102 Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) 106-43 B.C. 3.103 John Clare 1793-1864
3.104 Earl of Clarendon 1609-74
3.105 Claribel (Mrs C. A. Barnard) 1840-69 3.106 Brian Clark 1932—
3.107 Kenneth Clark (Baron Clark) 1903-83 3.108 Arthur C. Clarke 1917—
3.109 Grant Clarke 1891-1931 and Edgar Leslie 1885-1976 3.110 James Stanier Clarke c.1765-1834
3.111 John Clarke d. 1658
3.112 Claudius Caecus, Appius fl. 312-279 B.C. 3.113 Karl von Clausewitz 1780-1831
3.114 Henry Clay 1777-1852
3.115 Eldridge Cleaver 1935—
3.116 John Cleese 1939—
3.117 John Cleese 1939—and Connie Booth