“Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us.”
Jacques de Molay (1243–1314) Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Before he died it is said that he cursed both King Phillip and Pope Clement V, summoning them before God, the Supreme Judge, before the year was over.
Simon Soloveychik (1930–1996) Russia writer and philosopher
Source: The Last Book (1999), Ch.20 (In Russian, Последняя книга,1999, ISBN 5-8246-0030-9
“Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?”
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion (1990 Edition), p. 735
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Benjamin Graham book The Intelligent Investor
Source: The Intelligent Investor
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
" Note on Dogma http://books.google.com/books?id=gcfPAAAAMAAJ&q=&quot;Those+who+believe+that+they+are+exclusively+in+the+right+are+generally+those+who+achieve+something&quot;" <br class="br">Proper Studies (1927)
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Source: The Zahir (2005), p. 65.
Context: I learned something recently: our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives...
“Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour.”
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869) French literary critic
Puisqu'il faut avoir des ennemis, tâchons d'en avoir qui nous fassent honneur.
Derniers portraits littéraires (1852; Paris: Didier, 1858) p. 534 ; translated by W. Fraser Rae, in Sainte-Beuve English Portraits (London: Dalby, Isbister, 1875) p. xci.
