Famous quotes

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

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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The author only writes half of the book. The reader must take care of the other half.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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It is tough, it is painful, not to be loved when one still loves, but it is much tougher to still be loved when one no longer loves.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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Meditation strengthens the strong and weakens the weak.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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When the age of passions has passed, what else can we desire but to escape from life with the least possible amount of pain?

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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Freedom is nothing more than what society has the right to do and the state has no right to prevent.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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The arbitrary is not only harmful when used for crime. Employed against crime, it is also dangerous.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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We are such fickle creatures that we end up experiencing the feelings we pretend.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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We must decide, act, and be silent.

James Cook

James Cook

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How wise are those who are only foolish in love!

John Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge

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It would be foolish to pretend that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can make them, and serious ones. The people know it and pay the consequences; but compared to the mistakes that have been committed by any kind of autocracy, these others are unimportant.

Diego Luís Córdoba

Diego Luís Córdoba

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Ignorance leads to servitude, education leads to freedom.