Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher
You Cannot Get Away From Evil
Autobiography of Swami Sivananda (1958)
“Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.”
Pt. I, Bk. VI, ch. 3.
1830s, The French Revolution. A History (1837)
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Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
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“the only thing i knew how to do was to keep on keeping on”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Tangled Up In Blue
Variant: The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew...
“There is nothing illegal in keeping up a tomb; on the contrary, it is a very laudable thing to do.”
Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley (1828–1921) English judge
In re Tyler, Tyler v. Tyler (1891), L. R. 3 C. D. [1891], p. 258.
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“There is nothing to do but keep on.”
T. E. Hulme (1883–1917) English Imagist poet and critic
From Trenches: St. Eloi