Century Quote by Joseph-Louis Lagrange

It took only a moment to cause this head to fall and a hundred years will not suffice to produce its like

— Russell Miller

It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a…

— Antoine Lavoisier

It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains.

— Antoine Rivarol

The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.

— Tobias Smollett

Kill the head, the body will die.

— Gregg Williams

Kill the body and the head will die.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century.

— Bertrand Russell

Once a person was asked to step into this brutal century, anything could happen

— John Kennedy Toole

Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

“It was as if the main screw in his head, which held his whole life together, had become stripped. The screw would not go…

— Leo Tolstoy

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for…

— John Masefield

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

— Jean-Paul Marat