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NapoleonChina is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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William ShakespeareI will speak daggers to her, but use none.

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

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Julius CaesarIt is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

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Christopher HitchensTerrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

—  Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011, British-American journalist & writer

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Arthur ClarkeThe dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers — and thermonuclear weapons.

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

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Nicolas Gomez DavilaCivilization is an insufficiently protected camp surrounded by insubordinate tribes.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Orson WellesI don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

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

Bertolt BrechtDo not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

ChanakyaEven if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

Arthur KoestlerInnovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed intellectual edifice might collapse.

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

Latin Quotes

Latin phraseHannibal at the gates.

Hannibal ad portas.

—  Latin phrase

     (Roman alert when Hannibal was approaching to Rome, around 217 BC)

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Ancient Greek

SocratesKids are afraid of thunders and idiots are afraid of threats.

Αι μεν βρονταί τους παίδας, αι δε απειλαί τους άφρονας καταπλήττουσι.

—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

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Chilon of SpartaDo not threaten anyone. It is a womanly trait.

Μη απειλείν ουδενί. Γυναικώδες γαρ.

—  Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece

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Proverbs

International proverbBarking dogs seldom bite.

—  International proverb

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Movie Quotes

Sudden Impact (1983)Go ahead, make my day.

—  from the film Sudden Impact (1983)

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