Gaudy Night (1936)
Source: From Aristotle's Poetics: the right way to tell lies.
“The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.”
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(1971) American comedian, actor, writer, and director
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(1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 12 “Springfield” (p. 250).
“Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.”
James A. Garfield
(1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
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Samuel Johnson
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September 14, 1773
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)
“I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.”
Source: Lady Sings the Blues (1956), Ch. 23.