—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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

—  Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer

—  Miguel Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

—  Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

—  Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

—  Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471, German-Dutch monk & author

—  Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Trojans

—  Giorgos Seferis, 1900-1971, Greek poet, Nobel 1963

—  Yannis Ritsos, 1909-1990, Greek poet

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

Η φύσις μηδέν μήτε ατελές ποιεί μήτε μάτην.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Ότι ουδέν ήττον τα αυτά ποιήσουσι, καν συ διαρραγής.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VIII, 4

Ουκ αν λάβοις παρά του μη έχοντος.

—  Lucian, 120-180 AD, Ancient Syrian-Greek satirist

     (response to Charos who asked for a fare for Acherusia to pass to the underworld)