Nostradamus Quotes
In the third month, the sun rising, the Boar and the Leopard on the field of Mars to fight; The tired Leopard raises its eye to the heavens, sees an eagle playing around the sun.
Nostradamus. The Prophecies. Century 1, Quatrain 23. Translated by Richard Sieburth, Penguin Classics, 2012.
Alluding to Ecclesiastes 3:1 ff, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;.." The exact wording of his sermon has been lost, but the sentiment was reported by many.
Commenting on the hostility which greeted some returning Vietnam veterans:
Although warmly greeted, he was pressed for immediate action. see {638533}.
Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains[b] allegedly predicting future events.
