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)
