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Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare

Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

William Shakespeare

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

William Shakespeare

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

Alea iacta est

Julius Caesar

So often the cat goes to the lard that it leaves its paw print.

Popular culture

Vita est militia.

St. Augustine of Hippo

De gustibus non est disputandum.

Popular culture (Latin aphorism)

Ex nihilo nihil.

Parmenides, Lucretius