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 | A spectre is haunting Europe; the spectre of Communism. — Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher (the first phrase in The Manifesto of the Communist Party [1848]) 8 likes |
 | It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer (first phrase of “1984”) 6 likes |
 | All my life I have had a certain idea of France. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President (opening sentence of his Mémoires de guerre) 4 likes |
 | The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. — Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969 (first phrase of “Murphy”) 3 likes |
 | Now is the winter of our discontent. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ King Richard III 2 likes |
 | Maman died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure. Aujourd'hui maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 (first sentences of “The Stranger”) 2 likes |
 | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. — Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer (A Tale of Two Cities) |
 | As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer (“The Metamorphosis”) |
 | Many years later, in front of the firing squad, colonel Aureliano Buendía would remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer (first phrase of “One Hundred Years of Solitude”) |
 | Everything has already begun before, the first line of the first page of every novel refers to something that has already happened outside the book. |
| Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested. — Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer (“The Trial”) |
Latin Quotes
 | All Gaul is divided into three parts. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. — Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul (the first phrase from his work De Bello Gallico) 8 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. Άνδρα μοι έννεπε, Μούσα, πολύτροπον, ός μάλα πολλά — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey I 3 likes |
