—  Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Julius Caesar

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

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

—  Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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

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

—  Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809]

—  Ferdinand Foch, 1851-1929, French field marshal

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

—  Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

—  Thomas Mann, 1875-1955, German writer [Nobel 1929]

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

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

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

—  Henri Jeanson, 1900-1970, French critic & columnist

—  Henri Jeanson, 1900-1970, French critic & columnist

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

—  Spike Milligan, 1918-2002, Irish comedian

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

Οι μη δυνάμενοι κινδυνεύειν ανδρείως δούλοι των επιόντων εισίν.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Δούλου τόδ’ εστίν, μη λέγειν ά τις φρονεί.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Phoenician women

Πόθεν αν λάβοιμι βύσμα τω πρωκτώ φλέων;

—  Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Amfiaraos

Τι γαρ δει δειλόν όντα ευσωματείν;

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

Δειλοί άνθρωποι ουκ έχουσιν εν μάχη αριθμόν.

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

Ανήρ ο φεύγων και πάλι μαχήσεται.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

Δειλού μήτηρ ου κλαίει, αλλ' ουδέ χαίρει.

—  Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist

Οι μεν άνδρες γεγόνασί μοι γυναίκες, αι δε γυναίκες άνδρες.

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

     (words of Xerxes)

—  English proverb