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

Fernando Savater

Fernando Savater

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Yes, in bullfighting, death is present, but as an ally, as a accomplice of life: death acts as a supporting player so that life asserts itself.

Fernando Savater

Fernando Savater

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Nothing can be sensibly claimed from life.

Fernando Savater

Fernando Savater

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Boredom is the primary explanation for why history is so full of atrocity.

Fernando Savater

Fernando Savater

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One can't do anything for the people they love, just keep on loving them.

Jean Baptiste Say

Jean Baptiste Say

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It remains humiliating for a person of wit to know that there is no fool who cannot teach them something.

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.

Jean Baptiste Say

Jean Baptiste Say

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One of the greatest proofs of mediocrity is failing to recognize the superiority of others.

René Schenker

René Schenker

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Television should avoid always presenting a rosy picture of reality.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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Fun is like insurance, the older you get the more it costs.

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Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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It's not the flesh and blood, but the heart, that makes us parents and children.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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By doing good, we nourish the divine plant of humanity; by creating beauty, we spread the seeds of the divine.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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There is no such thing as chance, and what appears to us as random arises from the deepest sources.