Famous quotes

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

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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Perhaps there is no greater human achievement than deserving love in the end.

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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A lie can never be undone. Not even the truth is sufficient.

Nicolás de Avellaneda

Nicolás de Avellaneda

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When I hear that a man has the habit of reading, I am inclined to think well of him.

Averroes

Averroes

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He who speaks about things that do not concern him, hears things that he does not like.

Averroes

Averroes

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Four things cannot be hidden for long: science, stupidity, wealth, and poverty.

Pilar Avivar

Pilar Avivar

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Art is not to represent the beautiful, but to beautifully represent things.

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Francisco Ayala

Francisco Ayala

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Nothing should disturb the equanimity of the soul; even our passion, even our outbursts should be measured and weighed.

Francisco Ayala

Francisco Ayala

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The greed is the most selfless of passions, as it demands self-denial, sometimes of heroic magnitude.

Francisco Ayala

Francisco Ayala

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The homeland of the writer is their language.

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Francisco Ayala

Francisco Ayala

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Incompetence is all the more harmful the greater the power of the incompetent.