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

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet

—  Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer

—  Mao Zedong, 1893-1976, Chinese leader

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

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

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

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

     (The Double)

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

—  Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician

—  Quentin Crisp, 1908-1999, British writer

Ή τοι μεν πρώτιστα Χάος γένετο.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Theogony -116

Αναρχία κρείσσων πυρός.

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