—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

—  José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998]

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

—  Miguel Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

—  Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

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

—  Saadi Shirazi, 1210-1292, Persian poet

Fabas indulcet fames.

—  Latin proverb

—  Anonymous

Σκότω λιμός ξύνοικος.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Agamemnon

Πεινώντι παν εστι χρήμα εδώδιμον.

—  Ancient Greek phrase

Πας γαρ εμπλησθείς ανήρ ο πλούσιός τε χω πένης ίσον φέρει.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Electra

—  Yiddish proverb

—  English proverb