November 5

November 5 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * America has spoken, and I'm humbled by the trust and the confidence of my fellow citizens. ~ George W. Bush
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I feel for all faiths the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for the sun. ~ Will Durant (born 5 November 1885)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. ~ Will Durant
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Remember, remember, the 5th of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot; I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. ~ Traditional rhyme for Guy Fawkes Night. ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) this is worthless nonsense; (ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view; (iii) this is true, but quite unimportant; (iv) I always said so. ~ J. B. S. Haldane (born 5 November 1892)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind then that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; and while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. ~ Eugene V. Debs (born 5 November 1855)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2010
 * I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets. ~ Eugene V. Debs
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2011
 * Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air. The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go. They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all. There are none to decline your nectared wine, But alone you must drink life's gall.  Feast, and your halls are crowded. Fast, and the world goes by. Succeed and give, and it helps you live, But no man can help you die. There is room in the halls of pleasure For a long and lordly train, But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~
 * proposed by Zarbon <!-- Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air. The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox


 * 3 because this speaks for sorrow beatifully. Zarbon 04:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 4 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:01, 31 October 2011 (UTC) 3, but this has been partially used already on 14 July 2004 ~ Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC) : but also would include the further stanzas suggested by Zarbon below, which I believe are rather poor as stand-alone quotes, and the final one, for a full quotation of the complete public domain poem all at once, and thus gratest possible context of each of the portions suggested:
 * Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air. The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go. They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all. There are none to decline your nectared wine, But alone you must drink life's gall. Feast, and your halls are crowded. Fast, and the world goes by. Succeed and give, and it helps you live, But no man can help you die. There is room in the halls of pleasure For a long and lordly train, But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~

Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go. They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all. There are none to decline your nectared wine, But alone you must drink life's gall. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * 3 because sorrow compels one to feel for eternity. Wilcox does such a nice job at being thorough. I love quotations such as this, derived from and towards sadness. Zarbon 04:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC) The full poem has far greater character and meaning than these stanzas alone can indicate well. (I have now suggested a quotation of the full public domain poem instead of further quoting of parts of it. ~ Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC))
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

There is room in the halls of pleasure For a long and lordly train, But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * 3 and brilliant for the same reason as I said prior. Zarbon 04:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC) (I have now suggested a quotation of the full public domain poem instead of further quoting of parts of it. ~ Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC))
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC) -->


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki, for the date of V's anarchistic direct action against a fascist state, in the film, and in the source writings.


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2019


 * proposed by JessRek6, in regard to the anniversary of the Sutherland Springs church shooting.


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:


 * Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~
 * used on 14 July 2004, selected by Kalki


 * There is no sudden entrance into Heaven. Slow is the ascent by the path of Love. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * used on 1 September 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do. ~ Susan B. Anthony, voted (against the law) that day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 14:04, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Saritor 15:52, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.~ Will Durant (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 23:42, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 because nature and wisdom are truly at conflicting odds. Zarbon 05:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

And here let me emphasize the fact — and it cannot be repeated too often — that the working class who fight all the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish the corpses, have never yet had a voice in either declaring war or making peace. ~ Eugene V. Debs (born November 5, 1855)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

If ever I become entirely respectable I shall be quite sure that I have outlived myself. ~ Eugene V. Debs
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I shall not waste any time on such miserable twaddle as to say that I ought to have been elected. … It is the undoubted right of the people to change their servants, and to remove one and displace him with another at any time they choose, for a good reason, for a bad reason, or for no reason at all. If we are to remain a free people, it is the duty of public servants not grumpily and sourly to accept the verdict of the majority, but joyously to accept that verdict. ~ Henry Fountain Ashurst (2008 U.S. Presidenial election on November 4 with polls in most states closing after 24:00 UTC meaning results will come on November 5)
 * 3 --Allen3 talk 23:52, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 0 Zarbon 05:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos. ~ Will Durant
 * 2 Zarbon 03:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

It is a mistake to think that the past is dead. Nothing that has ever happened is quite without influence at this moment. The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time. You, too, are your past; often your face is your autobiography; you are what you are because of what you have been; because of your heredity stretching back into forgotten generations; because of every element of environment that has affected you, every man or woman that has met you, every book that you have read, every experience that you have had; all these are accumulated in your memory, your body, your character, your soul. So with a city, a country, and a race; it is its past, and cannot be understood without it. ~ Will Durant

History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up. ~ Will Durant
 * 2 Zarbon 03:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. ~ Bryan Adams * 3 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC) This is actually an author named Brian Adams from How to Succeed (1985)
 * 3 Zarbon 03:50, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

When the great markets by the sea shut fast All that calm Sunday that goes on and on: When even lovers find their peace at last, And Earth is but a star, that once had shone. ~ James Elroy Flecker
 * 2 Zarbon 03:50, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

So many gods, so many creeds; So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * 2 Zarbon 04:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * 3 Zarbon 04:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

''I find a rapture linked with each despair, Well worth the price of anguish. I detect More good than evil in humanity. Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, And men grow better as the world grows old.'' ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~
 * 3 Kalki 05:47, 19 October 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 12:46, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined soul. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 09:29, 31 October 2011 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.