Famous quotes

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

John Locke

John Locke

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Reading provides the mind with only materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read our own.

John Locke

John Locke

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To love the truth for the sake of truth is the main part of human perfection in this world, and the main seed of all other virtues.

John Locke

John Locke

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Reading provides the mind with important material of knowledge. And it allows us to think about how to make what we read become our own.

John Locke

John Locke

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Not all men recognize that fidelity and justice are principles.

Isidoro Loi

Isidoro Loi

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Young couples do not realize what they owe to television. In the past, they had to converse with their spouse.

Isidoro Loi

Isidoro Loi

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There is a secret method to return from the casino with a small fortune: go with a large fortune.

Jack London

Jack London

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Throwing the bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is sharing the bone with the dog when you are as hungry as he is.

Jack London

Jack London

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Life is not always about having good cards, but sometimes about playing a bad hand well.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How pleasant it would be a world in which no one was allowed to operate in the stock market unless they had passed an exam in Greek economics and poetry, and in which politicians were required to have a solid knowledge of history and modern novels!

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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I oppose all superstition, whether Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or Buddhist.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The most enlightened among the Greeks held that slavery was justifiable as long as the masters were Greek and the slaves were barbarians, but the opposite case was contrary to nature.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The conclusion is that we know very little, and yet it is amazing how much we know. Even more amazing is that such little knowledge can yield so much power.