This page is meant for
really famous quotations.
Please submit only quotations by historical figures and from works of art.
Therefore there should also be a page for celebrity quotations.
Perhaps later the page should divert into other categories.
I'd like to propose some rules that would make the layout of this page internally consistent :
- mark boundaries of entries with ----
- give
- the quotation itself - "Veni, vidi, vici"
- the author of quotation or to whom it is ascribed - Julius Caesar
- who, when and where reported it - Plutarch in "Life of Julius Caesar"
- context - Julius Caesar said the words in his letter to his friend Amatius reporting his quick victory over the king of Pont
Please supply an English translation, too.
History is bunk.
Henry Ford
During trial vs "Chicago Tribune" in 1919
Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-etre.
Francois Rabelais
Said on his deathbed.
J'accuse.
Emile Zola
In defence of
Alfred Dreyfus in 1898
Quote me as saying I was misquoted.
Groucho Marx, American comedian
Veni, vidi, vici.
Julius Caesar
Plutarch in "Life of Julius Caesar"
"I came, I saw, I conquered.", written in a report to
Rome 47 B.C. after conquering
Farnakes[?] at
Zela[?] in
Asia Minor in just five days.