What a terrible era in which the idiots govern the blind.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
(Spurious)
Frequently attributed to Shakespeare in social media posts (of all political stripes), but not found in any of his written works.
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AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)
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Whoso belongs only to his own age, and reverences only its gilt Popinjays or smoot-smeared Mumbojumbos, must needs die with it.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Essay (1832-05) “Boswell’s Life of Johnson,” Fraser’s Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 28
(Source)
Reviewing James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; including a Tour to the Hebrides (1831 ed.). Collected in Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827-1855)
