Famous quotes

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

Lord Byron

Lord Byron

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The same pleasure is a much more severe moralist than all the wisdom of the wise.

Lord Byron

Lord Byron

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The great art of life is the sensation, feeling that we exist, even in the pain.

James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell

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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears that it is true.

Facundo Cabral

Facundo Cabral

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The work must be so bad that they have to pay you to do it.

Facundo Cabral

Facundo Cabral

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When a town works, God respects it. But when a town sings, God loves it.

Facundo Cabral

Facundo Cabral

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Through walking the world, I have been able to verify that he who easily flatters, easily insults.

John Cage

John Cage

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Art is not something that is done by a single person, but a process set in motion by many.

John Cage

John Cage

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No need to destroy the past, it's gone; at any moment, it can reappear, seem to be, and be present.

John Cage

John Cage

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No need to give up the past when entering the future. When things change, it's not necessary to lose them.

José O. Caldas

José O. Caldas

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He was a writer with a great imagination: He imagined that all his books would sell.