Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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Only during difficult times is when people come to understand how difficult it is to own their feelings and thoughts.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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Politics is more dangerous than war, because in war you only die once.

Boredom is what remains of thoughts when the passions are removed from them.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Folly is the mother of all evils.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

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I fear God, and after God I mainly fear the one who does not fear Him.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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For your right hand to ignore what your left hand does, it will have to be hidden from consciousness.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The world could exist very well without literature, and even better without man.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Goodbyes always hurt, even when you've been longing for them for a long time.

Vittorio Alfieri

Vittorio Alfieri

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To have someone to cry with lessens the tears of many.

Cristina II

Cristina II

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I love men not because they are men, but because they are not women.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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No one reached the summit accompanied by fear.