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It is natural that people do not want to be involved with us too much. There is no problem down to the smallest egotistical longing which the Gestapo cannot solve. Regarded in this way we are, if a joke is permitted, looked upon as a cross between a general maid and the dustbin of the Reich.
reinhard heydrich— To his officers on German Police Day (February, 1941), as quoted in Gestapo : Instrument of Tyranny (1956) by Edward Crankshaw, p. 103
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. But weel wat I they coudna bring Waur sounds frae hell.
Edna Ferber— 1772 'To the Tron-Kirk Bell', stanza1.
Many of the Bible characters fell just in the things in which they were thought to be strongest. Moses failed in his humility, Abraham in his faith, Elijah in his courage, for one woman scared him away to that juniper-tree; and Peter, whose strong point was boldness, was so frightened by a maid, as to deny his Lord.
dwight l. moody— P. 532. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
jesus christ— The Gospel of Matthew 9:24 (KJV), said about a girl thought to be dead.
I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men.
Janet Reno— 1993 Denying rumours that she was a lesbian. In theWashington Times, 22 Feb.
Only a man harrowing clods In a slow silent walk With an old horse that stumbles and nods Half asleep as they stalk. Only thin smoke without flame From the heaps of couch-grass; Yet this will go onward the same Though Dynasties pass. Yonder a maid and her wight Come whispering by: War's annals will cloud into night Ere their story die.
thomas hardy— In Time of 'The Breaking Of Nations' (1915), lines 1-12, from Moments of Vision (1917); the title derives from lines of Jeremiah 51:20 Thou art my battle ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations."
Beheld the duteous son, the sire decayed, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the Western main.
Oliver Goldsmith— Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller (1764), line 407.
Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid: all corners else o' the earth Let liberty make use of; space enough Have I in such a prison.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, The Tempest (c. 1610-1612), I:2, Ferdinand
Only a man harrowing clods In a slow silent walk With an old horse that stumbles and nods Half asleep as they stalk. Only thin smoke without flame From the heaps of couch-grass; Yet this will go onward the same Though Dynasties pass. Yonder a maid and her wight Come whispering by: War's annals will cloud into night Ere their story die.
— Thomas Hardy, in "In Time of 'The Breaking Of Nations'" (1915), from Moments of Vision (1917)
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she: Be not her maid, since she is envious.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act II, scene 2, line 4.
An original something, fair maid you would win me To writebut how shall I begin? For I fear I have nothing original in me Excepting Original Sin.
thomas campbell— 1843 'To aYoung Lady, Who Asked Me to Write Something Original for Her Album'.
I care not for these ladies that must be wooed and prayed. Give me kind Amaryllis, the wanton country maid.
thomas campion— 1601A Book of Airs,'I Care Not for These Ladies'.
Yet I would not die a maid, because I had a mother, As I was by one brought forth, I would bring forth another.
thomas campion— 1617 Fourth Book of Airs,'Fain Would I Wed'.
Widowed wife, and married maid, Betrothed, betrayer, and betrayed!
— 1825 The Betrothal, ch.15.
The cristall water ran so clere and cold,That in myn ere maid contynualyA maner soun, mellit with armony,That full of lytill fischis by the brymNow here now there with bakkis blewe as ledeLap and playit, and in a rout can swymSo prattily, and dressit tham to spredeThair curall fynnis as the ruby rede,That in the sonne on thair scalis bryghtAs gesserant ay glitterit in my sight.
james i of scotland— Line 1060
I know of no well-directed attempts of this kind, except in the ancient family of the Bickerstaffs, who are said to have been very successful in whitening the skins and increasing the height of their race by prudent marriages, particularly by that very judicious cross with Maud, the milk- maid, by which some capital defects in the constitutions of the family were corrected.
thomas malthus— Chapter IX, paragraph 14, lines 22-27 ( see also eugenics...)
An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes; A smile within his eyelids plays And into words his longing gushes.
william r. alger— "Love Sowing and Reaping Roses", p. 295.
He maid thaim na gud fest perfay And nocht-forthi yneuch had thai.
john barbour— Although for food they hungered sore
He sent them drink, enough and more!Bk. 14, line 363; p. 334.
It’s worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork.
Anton Chekhov— Letter to I.P. Chekhov (October 2, 1897)
The great renewal of the world will perhaps consist in this, that man and maid, freed of all false feelings and reluctances, will seek each other not as opposites, but as brother and sister, as neighbors, and will come together as human beings.
Rainer Maria Rilke— Letter Four (16 July 1903)
Widowed wife and wedded maid.
walter scott— The Betrothed, Chap. xv.
I know of no well-directed attempts of this kind, except in the ancient family of the Bickerstaffs, who are said to have been very successful in whitening the skins and increasing the height of their race by prudent marriages, particularly by that very judicious cross with Maud, the milk- maid, by which some capital defects in the constitutions of the family were corrected.
— Chapter IX, paragraph 14, lines 22-27 ( see also eugenics...)
The Public works and other buildings have made Simla monstrous. Too bustling... too public... pomp to irksome, it is like dining everyday in the house keepers room with the butler and the maid.
— Curzon in "Shimla : Another age, another time".
Come, swift-wing'd Fancy, airy maid, In varied, dazzling vest array'd, Inspire thy vot'ry's lay; Grant me thy flow'ry walks to tread, To range thy summer-painted mead, Or near thy fountain play. Now led by thy resistless hand, Or guided by thy fairy wand, O'er yet untrodden space; Or on thy pinions borne along, The bright Ideas' flitting throngs Pursue th' aerial race.
— Ode to Fancy (1790), from Genuine Poetical Compositions, on Various Subjects (1791)
You know, my sister was a maid of honor at our cousin's wedding and she found it so stressful her hair started falling out.
Nathan Rhodes— Bridesmaids (2011), played by Chris O'Dowd.
You are like the maid of Dishonor.
Nathan Rhodes— Said to Annie, Bridesmaids (2011), played by Chris O'Dowd.
The maid of India, blessed again to hold In her full lap the Champac's leaves of gold.
thomas moore— Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh (1817), "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan"; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 92.
Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height, What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang) In height and cold, the splendour of the hills?
— Alfred Tennyson, The Princess (1847), Part VII, line 177.
Lovely Rita, Meter maid, nothing could come between us. When it gets dark I'll tow your heart away
Paul McCartney— "Lovely Rita" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
