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

—Tom Robbins, 1976

Appearances often are deceiving.

—Aesop, c. 550 BC

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

—Plato, c. 375 BC

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

—Aristotle, c. 350 BC

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

—Derek Walcott, 1986

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

—Lucretius, c. 58 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

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

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

—Thomas Malory, c. 1470

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

—Roald Dahl, 1990

Men willingly believe what they wish.

—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BC