Great-hearted Stentor with brazen voice, who could shout as loud as fifty other men.

Homer · Iliad, V

In the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.

Homer · The source reads: “Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.” · Iliad, IX

The sun, which sees all things and hears all things.

Homer · Iliad, III

Thrice I tried to clasp her image, and thrice it slipped through my hands, like a shadow, like a dream.

Homer · Odyssey, XI

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The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.

Phineas T. Barnum · The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself (1855)

Satire is what closes Saturday night.

George S. Kaufman

Ah, the first day you are on the ship you won’t be feeling very well. The second day you will be feeling better. The third day you will meet a pretty girl and then you will be nearly there.

Winston Churchill · Recorded in Martin Gilbert, 1932

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“Great-hearted Stentor with brazen voice, who could shout as loud as fifty other men.”

“In the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.”

“The sun, which sees all things and hears all things.”

“Thrice I tried to clasp her image, and thrice it slipped through my hands, like a shadow, like a dream.”

“The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.”

“Satire is what closes Saturday night.”

“Ah, the first day you are on the ship you won’t be feeling very well. The second day you will be feeling better. The third day you will meet a pretty girl and then you will be nearly there.”