Famous quotations

This page is meant for really famous quotations.
Please submit only quotations by historical figures and from works of art.
Therefore there should also be a page for celebrity quotations.
Perhaps later the page should divert into other categories.
I'd like to propose some rules that would make the layout of this page internally consistent :

• mark boundaries of entries with ----
• give
  • the quotation itself - "Veni, vidi, vici"
  • the author of quotation or to whom it is ascribed - Julius Caesar
  • who, when and where reported it - Plutarch in "Life of Julius Caesar"
  • context - Julius Caesar said the words in his letter to his friend Amatius reporting his quick victory over the king of Pont

Please supply an English translation, too.

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History is bunk.
Henry Ford
During trial vs "Chicago Tribune" in 1919

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Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-etre.
Francois Rabelais
Said on his deathbed.

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J'accuse.
Emile Zola
In defence of Alfred Dreyfus in 1898

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Quote me as saying I was misquoted.
Groucho Marx, American comedian

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Veni, vidi, vici.
Julius Caesar
Plutarch in "Life of Julius Caesar"
"I came, I saw, I conquered.", written in a report to Rome 47 B.C. after conquering Farnakes[?] at Zela[?] in Asia Minor in just five days.