epigraph

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Mr. Dikötter uses as his invaluable book’s epigraph a line from Sun Tzu: “All warfare is deception.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

It is as Caro says in the book’s epigraph: “One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

I use John Pesando’s remark as the epigraph, “Every whistleblower is an amateur playing against professionals.”

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024

The book’s epigraph, taken from a letter Bolívar composed in 1823, sums it up: “It seems that the devil controls the business of my life.”

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

I open to the epigraph, a quote by Wendell Berry: "In the circle of the human we are weary with striving, and are without rest."

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour