Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019) American financier, science and education philanthropist and sex offender
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“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LXVI
Following the Equator (1897)
“If you're going through hell, keep going.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
True origin unknown. Finest Hour described it as "not verifiable in any of the 50 million published words by and about him" ( Finest Hour, The Journal of Winston Churchill, Number 145, Winter 2009–10, p. 9 https://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/vol.01%20no.145.pdf). A similar quotation: "If you're going through hell, don't stop!" is "plausibly attributed" to Oregon self-help author and counselor Douglas Bloch (1990), according to Quote Investigator. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: If you're going through hell, keep going <br class="br">Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/09/14/keep-going/
“Just because you're paranoid, does not mean they're not out to get you.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Song lyrics, Nevermind (1991)
Variant: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
Source: This quote is generally attributed to Joseph Heller from his novel Catch-22, although it appears to be from the film version only (screenplay by Buck Henry.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AParanoia Territorial Pissings.
“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”
John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
“Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.”
Ozzy Osbourne (1948) English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
Source: Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Variant: When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
“I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“If even a single hair of my beard learns my secret, I will cut my beard from the root.”
Mehmed II (1432–1481) Ottoman sultan
Source: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)
“Time is still the best critic, and patience the best teacher.”
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Polish composer
As quoted in Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils.
Source: Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils (1986) by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Roy Howat, Naomi Shohet, and Krysia Osostowicz, p. 23