July 13

July 13 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity. ~ G. K. Chesterton
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in order to take others — that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fear that you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society and I can show you why you will fail. ~ Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London (responding to the subway bombings of 7 July 2005)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day, And empty shadow of what is to be; Yet cheated Hope on future still depends, And ends but only when our being ends. ~ John Clare ~ (born 13 July 1793)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Changes in the structure of society are not brought about solely by massive engines of doctrine. The first flash of insight which persuades human beings to change their basic assumptions is usually contained in a few phrases. ~ Kenneth Clark
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilisation; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater. ~ Kenneth Clark
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * O how I feel, just as I pluck the flower And stick it to my breast — words can't reveal; But there are souls that in this lovely hour Know all I mean, and feel whate'er I feel. ~ John Clare ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * It is lack of confidence, more than anything else, that kills a civilisation. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. ~ Kenneth Clark
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Men willingly believe what they wish. ~ Julius Caesar
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2015
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on the 2021 United States Capitol attack.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of his recent death.


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. ~ Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars IV: A New Hope
 * Harrison Ford born that day.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:01, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I would also go for something from Indiana Jones, if anyone would choose something as recognizable. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 27 June 2005 11:28 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 21:01, 12 July 2005 (UTC) Good quote, but I prefer the Jedi view on things...
 * 2 Jeff Q (talk) 10:53, 10 July 2006 (UTC). Concur with Kalki.
 * 2 Here's a nice Star Wars quote but I still feel there are lots of better, more elegant and charming dark side quotes that haven't been used, by Darth Sidious, Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and Grand Moff Tarkin, to name a few. Zarbon 05:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if he were rich. ~ John Jacob Astor IV (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 20:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC) I don't get it.

Serve the classes, live with the masses. Serve the masses, live with the classes. ~ John Jacob Astor IV (date of birth)
 * 2 Kalki 20:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 1 Zarbon 05:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

We have not to fear anything, except fear itself. ~ Julius Caesar (born July 13)
 * 3 and this is something that defines powerful characteristics. Fear nothing and success is but definite. I love this quote. Zarbon 06:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I remain dubious as to the authenticity of this attribution, as I can only find internet sources ascribing it or its Latin version to Julius Caesar, and no earlier published sources which do so. ~ Kalki 22:18, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 pending better sourcing, if any. InvisibleSun 23:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.) Julius Caesar
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 15:38, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 17:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


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