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

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The more nature inclines us to pleasures, the more prone we are to license than to decency.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Merchants and industrialists should not be admitted to citizenship, because their way of life is abject and contrary to virtue.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Outside of society, man is either a beast or a god.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Science is to the soul what light is to the eyes, and if the roots are bitter, the fruits are very sweet.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Poetry is deeper and more philosophical than history.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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The threat of the strongest always makes me stand by the weakest.

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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When many remedies are suggested for a single ailment, it means that it cannot be cured.

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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Works of art are divided into two categories: those I like and those I don't like. I don't know any other criteria.

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Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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I confess that burying some people is a great pleasure.

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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The common man expects the good and the bad from the outside, the thinking man expects it from himself.