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The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.

—Albert Einstein, 1930

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

—Sophocles, c. 441 BC

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

—Plato, c. 375 BC

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

—Leonard Cohen, 1966

There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.

—John Locke, 1689

The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.

—Abraham the Jew, c. 1400

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

—Thomas Malory, c. 1470

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

—Robert Southey, 1809

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

—Woody Allen, 1979

In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.

—Thomas Szasz, 1970

Egypt was the mother of magicians.

—Clement of Alexandria, c. 200

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

—Robert Wilson, 1991

Men willingly believe what they wish.

—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BC