Jesters do oft prove prophets.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1605
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I always think of nature as a great spectacle, somewhat resembling the opera.
—Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.
—Martin LutherWar has silenced all laws.
—Lucan, c. 65I tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate!
—Willa Cather, 1915Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
—William Cecil, Lord Burghley, c. 1555If my books had been any worse I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I should not have come.
—Raymond Chandler, 1945I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend than be one.
—Clarence Darrow, 1932If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
—Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1843The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.
—Myrtle Reed, 1910He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
—G.C. Lichtenberg, c. 1780