—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

—  Theodoros Kolokotronis, 1770-1843, Hero of the Greek Revolution

     (during a crucial phase of the Greek Revolution, when Ibrahim Pasha invaded the Morea)

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

—  Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Vae victis.

—  Latin phrase

     (said by Brennus, leader of an army of Gauls who captured Rome in 390 BC)

—  Giorgos Seferis, 1900-1971, Greek poet, Nobel 1963

—  Sam Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American film producer

Ου τοις άρχειν βουλομένοις μέμφομαι, αλλά τοις υπακούειν ετοιμοτέροις ούσιν.

—  Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian

Αλλ’ εις το κέρδος παρά φύσιν δουλευτέον.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Phoenissae

Γη και ύδωρ.

—  Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History”

     (the demand of the Persians from the cities which surrendered to them)

Τοις κρατούσι μη μάχου.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Hecuba

—  Chinese proverb