Famous quotes

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

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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Languages, like religions, thrive on heresies.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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You will conquer, but you will not convince. You will conquer because you have more than enough brute force; but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And to persuade, you need something that you lack: reason and right in the struggle.

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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Everyone makes mistakes. The key is to make them when no one is watching.

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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To get to the truth, the German adds, the French subtracts, and the English changes the subject.

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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Typically, dream women are an optical illusion.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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The best government is the one that becomes unnecessary.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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The most dangerous worldview is that of those who have never seen the world.

Herbert Von Karajan

Herbert Von Karajan

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The art of conducting consists of knowing when to drop the baton so as not to bother the orchestra.

Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist

Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist

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People are interested in our outward destiny; the inward, only to our friend.

August von Kotzebue

August von Kotzebue

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A moment of heart's joy is worth more than two hours of sensory pleasure.

August von Kotzebue

August von Kotzebue

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Each person forges their own greatness. Dwarfs will remain dwarfs even if they climb the Alps.

August von Kotzebue

August von Kotzebue

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Interest is the main wheel of the world's machine.