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William Poundstone (1955) American writer
Source: Labyrinths of Reason (1988), Chapter 1: "Paradox", p. 11
Taliesin (534–599) Welsh bard
Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Fold of the Bards
Context: I am a harmonious one; I am a clear singer.
I am steel; I am a druid.
I am an artificer; I am a scientific one.
I am a serpent; I am love; I will indulge in feasting.
I am not a confused bard drivelling,
When songsters sing a song by memory,
They will not make wonderful cries;
May I be receiving them.
Like receiving clothes without a hand,
Like sinking in a lake without swimming
The stream boldly rises tumultuously in degree.
“I am. I was. I am not. I never am.”
Jack London book John Barleycorn
Source: John Barleycorn (1913), Ch. I
“I am old. I am young. I am Gwion,
I am universal, I am possessed of penetrating wit.”
Taliesin (534–599) Welsh bard
A tradition about Taliesin states that he was once a boy named "Gwion".
Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The First Address of Taliesin
“If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.”
Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian
Vit. Anon, page 64 (Plumptre's Trans.).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, enlightener, philosopher
Leaves Of Morya's Garden (1924 - 1925), Book I : The Call (1924)