—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

—  Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

     (perhaps a reference to her childhood home of Oakland, that had been razed)

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Φύσει δ’ υπάρχει τοις παρούσι τα των απόντων, και τοις εθέλουσι πονείν και κινδυνεύειν τα των αμελούντων.

—  Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator

Λέκτρα δ’ ανδρών πόθω πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Persians

—  International proverb

—  French proverb