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Golda MeirOld age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.

—  Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister

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Terry PratchettYou get a wonderful view from the point of no return.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

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Julius CaesarEven now we can still turn back. But once we have crossed that little bridge, everything must be decided by arms.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

     (before crossing river Rubicon, in 49 BC)

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Pablo PicassoYou become young at sixty. Unfortunately this is too late.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Franz KafkaBeyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

Graham GreeneThere is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

William MaxwellI had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn’t have gone through and couldn’t get back to the place I hadn’t meant to leave.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

ChanakyaWealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but the body when lost may never be acquired again.

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

Robert Louis StevensonWe must go on, because we can’t turn back.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Nicolas Gomez DavilaMan knows what he destroys only after destroying it.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Latin Quotes

Julius CaesarThe die is cast.

Alea jacta est.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

     (when crossing Rubicon river to attack Rome)

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Quotes in Verse

Antonio MachadoAs you go, you open a path, and looking back you see a path that you will never walk again.

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

Ancient Greek

MenanderOnly in death there is no remedy.

Θανάτου μόνον ουκ έστιν επανόρθωμα.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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Marcus AureliusAct as if every action is the last action of your life.

Ποριείς δε, αν ως εσχάτην του βίου εκάστην πράξιν ενεργής.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations II, 5

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MenanderThe die is cast.

Ο κύβος ερρίφθη.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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Ancient Greek phraseLet the die be cast.

Ανερρίφθω κύβος.

—  Ancient Greek phrase

     (similar to the phrase Alea iacta est by Julius Caesar according to Plutarch)

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Proverbs

English proverbDon't cry over spilled milk

—  English proverb

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American proverbLet bygones be bygones.

—  American proverb

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Movie Quotes

Alphaville (1965)The present is terrifying because it is irreversible and because it is of iron.

—  from the film Alphaville (1965)

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