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TalleyrandThe art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

—  Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat

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John KennedyThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

—  John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963]

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Isaac AsimovScience fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

—  Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer

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Jean-Paul SartreMan is condemned to be free.

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

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Laurence J PeterPolitical success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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Arthur ClarkeNo one of intelligence resents the inevitable.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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Thomas HobbesNot believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

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Mignon McLaughlinWhat you can't get out of, get into whole-heartedly.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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George Bernard ShawEverything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Lord ChesterfieldLove has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Italo CalvinoThe ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death.

—  Italo Calvino, 1923-1985, Italian writer

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André GideIt is now, and in this world, that we must live.

—  André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947

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Orson WellesIf you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

—  Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director

William MaxwellThe reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

André MalrauxOne can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

Robert Louis StevensonIt is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezNo matter what you do this year or in the next hundred, you will be dead forever.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Marty RubinMorning will come, it has no choice.

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

George HerbertSaint Luke was a Saint and a Physician, yet is dead.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

Quotes in Verse

T. S. EliotThere is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek proverbOne cannot evade destiny.

Το πεπρωμένον φυγείν αδύνατον.

—  Ancient Greek proverb

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HesiodIt is not possible to deceive or ignore the will of Zeus.

Ως ουκ έστι Διός κλέψαι νόον ουδέ παρελθείν.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Theogony -613

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Proverbs

French proverbYou can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

—  French proverb

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