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Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

—William Shakespeare, 1592

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

—Plato, c. 375 BC

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

—Saint Augustine, c. 400

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

—Robert Wilson, 1991

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?

—Aristophanes, 423 BC

The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.

—Albert Einstein, 1930

In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.

—Thomas Szasz, 1970

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

—Tertullian, c. 200

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

—Tom Robbins, 1976

One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.

—Aristotle, c. 350 BC

To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.

—Plautus, c. 200 BC

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

—Leonard Cohen, 1966

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

—Robert Southey, 1809