Source: If I May
“Lord Peter Wimsey: I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.”
Variant: Lord Peter Wimsey: A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
Source: Have His Carcase (1932)
“When smashing monuments, save the pedestals. They always come in handy.”
“When smashing monuments, save the pedestals. They always come in handy.”
Burząc pomniki, oszczędzajcie cokoły. Zawsze mogą się przydać.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
Part III: Growing Up, §II
Source: An Autobiography (1977)
Variant: You sure you don't need your Prince Charming to come and save you?"
The knot in my stomach evaporated. My Prince Charming huh. "Sure, do you have one handy?
Source: Magic Slays
Marlene Dietrich's ABC https://books.google.com/books?id=u7x5UYHMs0IC&pg=PT157 (1962)
“Let us quickly be finished with the business of dying, to save the trouble of making dinner.”
Source: Declare (2001), Chapter 12 (p. 345)
“In the real business of life no one troubles himself much about 'moral titles.'”
No one would dream of surrendering any practical security, for the advantages of which he is actually in possession, in deference of the a priori jurisprudence of a whole Academy of philosophers.
'The House of Commons', Quarterly Review, vol. 116 (July & October 1864), p. 263
1860s
