Famous quotes

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

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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The optimist believes in others, and the pessimist only believes in himself.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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We admire things for reasons, but we love them without reasons.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Are you a demon? I am a man. And therefore I have within me all the demons.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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All educators are absolutely dogmatic and authoritarian. There can be no free education, because if you leave a child free, you will not educate them.

León Gieco

León Gieco

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The music is a broad thing, without limits, without borders, without flags.

León Gieco

León Gieco

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Latin America is the planet's last reserve of food, but it is also the last reserve of spirituality and music.

León Gieco

León Gieco

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My way of getting attention is by blending in with people. I always try to convey that I'm not a 'superstar', that I'm not someone important just because I'm on a stage.

León Gieco

León Gieco

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People need, in addition to a singer, to channel their need for a leader of ideas, but I am not a politician, I sing, it's my job.

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Vincenzo Gioberti

Vincenzo Gioberti

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The father should be the friend, the confidant, not the tyrant of his children.

Vincenzo Gioberti

Vincenzo Gioberti

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The greatest enemies of freedom are not those who oppress it, but those who soil it.

Vincenzo Gioberti

Vincenzo Gioberti

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Opinion is the direct enemy of truth.

Vincenzo Gioberti

Vincenzo Gioberti

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What is luxury? In my opinion, it is everything that is superfluous to make a man happy.