Famous quotes

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

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

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To be successful, planning alone is insufficient. One must also improvise.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The argument is like shooting a crossbow, it is equally effective when aimed at a giant as it is at a dwarf.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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While we admire and exalt the faculties of human intelligence, we forget to seek its true collaborators.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The man who shows solicitude and courtesy towards a foreigner demonstrates that he is a citizen of the world.

Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell

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The way to achieve happiness is by making others happy.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Jaime Luciano Balmes

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It is not very difficult to attack the opinions of others, but it is difficult to support one's own: because human reason is as weak for building as it is a formidable battering ram for destruction.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Jaime Luciano Balmes

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Man employs hypocrisy to deceive himself, perhaps more than to deceive others.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Indulging in a vice costs more than maintaining a family.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The newspaper is a shop where the words of the same color as desired are sold to the public.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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The child laughs out of joy; it is the first step. Humor laughs with sadness; it is the final step. Dawn and twilight.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The future is that period of time in which our businesses thrive, our friends are true, and our happiness is secure.