Πόλεμος πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς, καὶ τοὺς μὲν θεοὺς ἔδειξε τοὺς δὲ ἀνθρώπους, τοὺς μὲν δούλους ἐποίησε τοὺς δὲ ἐλευθέρους.
G. T. W. Patrick, 1889 http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/heraclitus/herpatu.htm
Concerning the Jews (Harper's Magazine, Sept. 1899)
“There are moments in our lives when we all are kings of some place, some time. Some tomb.”
Shared on social media on June 8, 2018.
Quotes as Marcil d'Hirson Garron
[http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx "President's News Conference (107)" (21 March 1962)
1962
“All men have talents. Some build, some paint, some write, some fight. For me it is different.”
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 17
“These wretched kings,
Of whom all men speak ill, have oft some good in them.”
Ces malheureux rois,
Dont on dit tant de mal, ont du bon quelquefois.
Le Meunier de Sans-Souci. (Ed. 1818, Vol. III., p. 205).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 26.
"Rainbow Stew", on Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium (July 1981) · Performance on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEDT7QGDzsE
Variant: One of these days when the air clears up
And the sun come shining through
We'll all be drinking free bubble up
And eating some rainbow stew.
History of the Indies (1561)
“some men never
die
and some men never
live
but we're all alive
tonight.”
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
