Rise & Decline

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

—  Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

—  Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974, British writer

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

—  Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer

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

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

—  Michael Caine, 1933-, English actor

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

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

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

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

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

—  Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593, English playwright

—  Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, main figure of the French Revolution

     (the Tarpeian Rock—the site of dishonorable executions in Rome—was behind the Capitol—the center of power)

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

Quinon proficit deficit.

—  Latin phrase

Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitu.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

—  Mae West, 1893-1980, American actress

Δρυός πεσούσης, πας ανήρ ξυλεύεται.

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

Τα μεν υψηλά ταπεινών, τα δε ταπεινά υψών.

—  Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist

Καιρός ανάγει και καιρός αύ κατάγει.

—  Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist

Φευ, τα των ευδαιμονούντων ως τάχιστα στρέφει θεός.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

Πολλοίσι υποδέξας όλβον ο θεός προρρίζους ανέτρεψε.

—  Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher

Πολλαί μεταβολαί γίνονται και παντοίαι τύχαι κατά τον βίον.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

—  English proverb