A garland of quotations VII

Nay, but, for terror of his wrathful Face,I swear I will not call Injustice Grace; Not one Good Fellow of the Tavern butWould kick so poor a Coward from the place.•Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2nd ed. (1868).

Ha, ha, ha! Love, and Scandal, are the best Sweeteners of Tea.
•Henry Fielding, Love in Several Masques (1728).

his flesh ceases to be the flesh of love
his flesh is a small plastic bag, filled with painful urine.
•Eddy van Vliet, “Grootvader” (1971).

‘O father, do not turn...