"Of my infancy I can speak little, only I do remember that in the fourth year of my age I had the measles."

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Source : William Lilly, Elias Ashmole (1822). “William Lilly's history of his life and times from the year 1602 to 1681”, p.17

William Lilly

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“Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvelous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.”
“I'm amazed, that how salam (peace) is always the first word to start a meeting. but in prayer it is the end word. Maybe it means the end of prayer is the start of a meeting.”
“When in fear, it is safest to force the attack.”
“I envy all suffering, because suffering is necessary to become spiritually beautiful.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.64, Anchor
“I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days when everything in the world seems right.”
“Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality.”

Source : Kate Millett (2000). “Flying”, p.97, University of Illinois Press
“Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.”
“I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.”

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