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Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
Brave New World, 6.1 (1932)

Yes, it’s hard to write. But it’s harder not to.

Carl Van Doren (1885-1950) American writer
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In response to a question posed by Mary Margaret McBride. As quoted in James Thurber, "Ave Atque Vale," Bermudian (Nov 1950)

I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: “Well, let them eat cake.”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French philosopher and writer
Confessions, ch. 6 (1781) [tr. Cohen (1953)]

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

[Terrorismus ist der Krieg der Armen und der Krieg ist der Terrorismus der Reichen.]

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
Achtung! Vorurteile (2003)
The original German reads: "Der Terrorismus, der im furchtbaren 11. September kulminierte, ist ein Krieg der Armen gegen die Reichen. Der Krieg ist ein Terrorismus der Reichen gegen die Armen." [The terrorism culminating in the the dreadful events of 11 September is a war of the poor against the rich. War is terrorism of the rich against the poor.]

If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight.

William James (1842-1910) American psychologist and philosopher
“Is Life Worth Living?” The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)