Source: In the Ravine (1900), Ch. 5, pp. 212
“There is only one way to make money at writing, and that is to marry a publisher's daughter.”
George Orwell book Down and Out in Paris and London
Source: Down and out in Paris and London (1933), Ch. 4; a record of a remark by Orwell's fellow tramp Boris
Frederick IV of Naples (1451–1504) King of Naples
Dated 1498 or earlier. Quoted in Sarah Bradford, Cesare Borgia / His Life and Times (1976, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited. London. Reprinted 1981. ISBN 0-297-77124-8), p. 72
“149. Marry your sonne when you will, your daughter when you can.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Was he married, did he try
To support as he grew less fond of them
Wife and family?”
Stevie Smith (1902–1971) poet, novelist, illustrator, performer
"Was He Married?"
Selected Poems (1962)
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 1, opening lines.
Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden
'Of course not. But you always do. Dead or alive.'
David and Colonel John Boyle in Ch. 7
The Garden of Eden (1986)
A Suitable Boy (1993)
