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

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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Eternity is one of the rare virtues of literature.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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The memory that a book leaves behind is sometimes more important than the book itself.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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I think that part of my love for life is due to my love for books.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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Life is hard. To be at peace with oneself, one must tell the truth. To be at peace with others, one must lie.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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The world attributes its misfortunes to the conspiracies and machinations of great evildoers. I understand that stupidity is underestimated.

Norman Birkett

Norman Birkett

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I don't mind people looking at their watches when I'm talking, but it's excessive for them to also shake them to make sure they're working.

William Blake

William Blake

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

William Blake

William Blake

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The bird has its nest, the spider its web, the man friendship.

William Blake

William Blake

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The one who feeds on repressed desires eventually rots.

William Blake

William Blake

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If the madman persisted in his madness, he would become wise.

William Blake

William Blake

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He who becomes chained to a joy, destroys a free life; but he who kisses joy as it flies, lives the dawn of eternity.