Famous quotes

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

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Tolerance means forgiving the faults of others; tact means not noticing them.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Dizziness is to space what impatience is to time.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Envy in men shows how unhappy they feel, and their constant attention to what others do or fail to do shows how bored they are.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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The first forty years of life give us the text; the following thirty, the commentary.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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In music, all feelings return to their pure state, and the world is nothing but music made real.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Anger does not allow us to know what we do, much less what we say.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Everyone has the maximum memory for what interests them and the minimum for what does not interest them.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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The price we have to pay for money is paid in freedom.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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All human beings are made up of good and evil.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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I hate cynicism more than I hate the devil, unless they are the same thing.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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It is perhaps more fortunate to enjoy collecting seashells than to have been born a millionaire.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.