Culture Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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I prefer to be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats

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When a man asks for justice, it's because he wants to be right.

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats

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A revolution is the triumph of the ambitious from below over the fearful from above.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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Do justice to someone and you will end up loving them. But if you are unjust to them, you will end up hating them.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of deeds, the book of words, and the book of art.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Scientists strive to make the impossible possible. Politicians strive to make the possible impossible.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How pleasant it would be a world in which no one was allowed to operate in the stock market unless they had passed an exam in Greek economics and poetry, and in which politicians were required to have a solid knowledge of history and modern novels!

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir

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Humanity ceases to throw stones at its superior spirits as soon as it can raise a monument to them.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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I don't believe in God, I don't need it, and besides, I'm a good person.

Jean Baptiste Say

Jean Baptiste Say

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As fear is the greatest torment of tyrants, the most unforgivable crime in their eyes is to make them feel fear.

René Schenker

René Schenker

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Television should avoid always presenting a rosy picture of reality.