Quotationary

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to May 28. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’

Winston ChurchillSpeech to the House of Commons · 1940

In 2025 this day opens on Oscar Wilde.

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