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.

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.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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The fish and Oscar Wilde die by the mouth.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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We are all travelers in the desert of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Stendhal

Stendhal

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We call beautiful that which is praised by the newspaper and which produces a lot of money.