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J. C. Squire
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“God heard the embattled nations sing and shout "Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!" God this, God that, and God the other thing – "Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out!”
J. C. Squire (1884–1958) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the outbreak of the First World War, from Epigrams (1916).
“It did not last: the devil, shouting "Ho. Let Einstein be," restored the status quo.”
J. C. Squire (1884–1958) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In continuation of Pope on Newton" from Poems (1926); Squire is here extending upon the famous statement of Alexander Pope:
“The better production of our generation has been mainly lyrical and it has been widely diffused.”
J. C. Squire (1884–1958) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Selections from Modern Poets, Complete Edition (1927), p. vi.
“And I've swallowed, I grant, a beer of lot - But I'm not so think as you drunk I am.”
J. C. Squire (1884–1958) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ballade of Soporific Absorption (1931).
“Now there once was a lass, and a very pretty lass, And she was an isotope's daughter”
J. C. Squire (1884–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At last incapable of further harm, The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.”
J. C. Squire (1884–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source