—  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

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

—  Gospel of Luke ‐ 13:30

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, πάς 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

—  English proverb