List of notable quotes

This article is an unabridged list of sourced quotations by country, taken from notable people and creative works that have been translated into Codexian. These quotes may be notable for any number of reasons, with a variety of contexts for which they are known for, including those of political or societal importance as well as those which have become iconic in the cultures they originated from.

Kæra'zna

"Hello, Hello! We hope we are heard, speaking from the last Radio Communication we have left. We mark the day as Imperial Forces march in Zhar'osyk. We have resisted for nearly 6 seasons, but they have more men than we have arms. For all who may fight for our cause we give our thanks. We stand upon the precipice between Consciousness and the Wake, and as entropy's embrace is carried by these Zreiru'at we drop our guns and open our arms to the never-ending finality. The end is never the end is never the-"

-Final Radio Broadcast of the Government of the Kæra Collective Republic, Unknown Speaker (1916)

Tretrid

"I did not accept bribes from that company."

–Æthelred Wulfricson, Prime Minister of Tretrid (2016)

Vistaraland

"It is said we named the planets we saw, those presumably empty rocks, after old gods. Yet we stand upon this beautiful globe and call it "Aarde" It is rather funny that a planet of sentiant life may hold so much hubris and yet refer to the miracle of the Teplar System as simply Soil."

-Quote recorded by Gerrit J. Visser, reportedly said by Vistari Astronomer Rinus W. Kopp (1801)

"If we are to accept the existence of the God-on-Urth, then those who would claim to represent him while stealing the impoverished man’s wealth must be the most abhorrent of sinners."

-An Open Letter to those in the Clerical Institutions of the Grand Duchy of Telebrocht, Theodore A. Witten (1827)

"Both man and elf are born free, and should not see their rights replaced with chains if they have not deserved such a fate. The liberties I hold as a man must come with the duty of ensuring they are held equally by every citizen of Urth."

-The Meaning of Liberty, Alfred P. Wever (1829)

"Never have I felt a deeper connection to the soul of a creature than when Wilfred stood upon the entrance to that insult to reason standing before me, and absentmindedly defecated upon it. It was truly a memory that I shall not ask to pay any charter to reside within my mind."

-In Loathing Memory, Theodore A. Witten (1871)

"Advertising is the method in which even a perfect clock can be sold the time."

-Memoirs of Arjan Gustafzoon, Grand Duke of Noordkruispunt (1902)

"Years of our labour so we may stand upon this lifeless sphere of stone, just to stare back at the Urth and for one moment imagine it as if it was full of only wonder and progress."

-Message on the first Lunar Plaque, accredited to Vistari Astronaut Karlijn H. Arnolts (1969)

"Would the twat of a Prime Minister like to meet with the soon-to-be pissed off Meagharians and Bananians if this treaty is passed?" -Spoken by Jakob A. Klaver to Prime Minister Allard Baas in the House of Representitives on the matter of Vistari-Tavari Nuclear Cooperation (2021)