„Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?“

As quoted in What Billingsgate Thought: A Country Gentleman's Views on Snobbery (1919) by William Alexander Newman Dorland

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Schweizer Pfarrer, Philosoph und Schriftsteller 1741 - 1801

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„I have lived with magic and without magic, and I can tell you with certainty that a life with magic is better….“

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— Chris Bohjalian American novelist 1962

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„people will tell you were they have gone, they'll tell you where to go, but until you get there for yourself you never really know.“

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— Joni Mitchell Canadian musician 1943

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To this day, the answer to that question is simple: because nobody could do it better.

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— Gaston Leroux, buch The Phantom of the Opera

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„We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found.“

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— Tzvetan Todorov Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist 1939 - 2017

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„Why should I tell you everything about how I feel when you never tell me anything?“

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— Cassandra Clare American author 1973

„Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.“

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— Gertrude Stein American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays 1874 - 1946

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— Henry Rollins American singer-songwriter 1961

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„As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling.“

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— Khaled Hosseini, buch Drachenläufer

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— Donald J. Trump 45th President of the United States of America 1946

2010s, 2017, February

„And I'm never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
But I know I've got to give it a try.“

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— Jim Steinman American musician 1947

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And I know just how to scheme
I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream.
And I know just where to touch you
And I know just what to prove
I know when to pull you closer
And I know when to let you loose.
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And I know the time's gonna fly
And I'm never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
But I know I've got to give it a try.
And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to fame
I know all the rules and then I know how to break'em
And then I always know the name of the game
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And I'll never let you fall
And I don't know how you do it
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