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

Charles Péguy

Charles Péguy

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Modernism is the attitude of someone who doesn't believe in what they believe.

José María Pemán

José María Pemán

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A mother is always loved with equal affection, and at any age, one is a child when a mother passes away.

José María Pemán

José María Pemán

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A child is a question we ask of destiny.

William Penn

William Penn

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Those who have the heart to help have the right to criticize.

William Penn

William Penn

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Work! If you don't need it to feed yourself, you need it like medicine.

William Penn

William Penn

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If you don't need to work to eat, you will need to work for your health. Love work and don't let the weeds of idleness grow.

William Penn

William Penn

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My prison will be my grave before yielding an inch; for my conscience is not owed to any mortal.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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In the long run, a hierarchical society would only be possible based on poverty and ignorance.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Power is not a means, but an end in itself.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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It is impossible to found a civilization on fear, hatred, and cruelty. It would not endure.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Power is not a means, Winston. A dictatorship is not established to safeguard a revolution; the revolution is made to establish a dictatorship. The goal of power is power.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Freedom is being able to say freely that two and two make four. If this is granted, everything else will follow in its steps.