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 opens with this epigraph: “I have always been an observer of myself. For years, at the mercy of others. Not anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

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

Which is why the epigraph of this book is the quatrain from the famous Christmas carol.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut