—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

—  Frank Sinatra, 1915-1998, American singer

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

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

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

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

—  Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction

—  George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

—  Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

—  Paul Carvel, 1964-, Belgian author of maxims

—  Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French writer

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

—  Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet

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

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

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

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

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

     (Tropic of Capricorn, 1939)

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

—  Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, British Sci-Fi writer

—  Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American self-help writer

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

—  Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst

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

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

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

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

—  Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French writer

—  Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French writer

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

Vivere memento.

—  Sundial motto

Dum vivimus, vivamus!

—  Latin phrase

Bis vivit qui bene vivit.

—  Latin phrase

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

—  Omar Khayyam, 1048-1131, Persia poet & polymath

—  W.C. Fields, 1880-1946, American actor & writer

Ανοήμονες βιούσι ού τερπόμενοι βιούν.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Ανοήμονες δηναιότητος ορέγονται ου τερπόμενοι δηναιότητι.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Εύφραινε σαυτόν, πίνε, τον καθ’ ημέραν βίον λογίζου σον, τα δ’ άλλα της τύχης.

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

Ει εθέλοι κατεσπουδάσθαι αιεί μηδέ ες παιγνίην το μέρος εωυτόν ανιέναι, λάθοι αν ήτοι μανείς ή ό γε απόπληκτος γενόμενος.

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