Famous quotes

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

Duchess of Abrantes

Duchess of Abrantes

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The flattery is a currency that impoverishes the one who receives it.

Bella Abzug

Bella Abzug

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The test to determine whether you can do a job or not should not depend on the organization of your chromosomes.

Lord Acton

Lord Acton

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The power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Lord Acton

Lord Acton

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With absolute power, even a donkey finds it easy to govern.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

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Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own laws.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

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Human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent aversion to doing so.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

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Maybe I didn't get where I intended to go, but I think I've ended up where I needed to be.

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

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Luck is an arrow that is shot and hits the one who least expects it.

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

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We live under the same roof, but none of us have the same horizon.

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

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There is something that God has done wrong. He has put limits on everything except for foolishness.

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

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In politics, the important thing is not to be right, but to have it granted to you.

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

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All human organs get tired at some point, except the tongue.