Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in tenderness, and the care to safeguard as much freedom as possible for those with whom one lives.
The criticism turned into a system is the denial of knowledge and the true estimation of things.
Life is a progressive learning of renunciation, of continuous limitation of our aspirations, our hopes, our strength, our freedom.
We live as we renew ourselves.
Life is nothing but a web of habits.
What is a cultivated spirit? It is one that can look at things from many points of view.
True humility consists in being content.
I do not deny the rights of democracy; but I have no illusions about the use that will be made of those rights as long as wisdom is scarce and pride is abundant.
What is madness? It's illusion squared.
An error is all the more dangerous the more it contains a quantity of truth.
A thousand things move forward. Nine hundred and ninety-nine move backward. This is progress.
Kindness is the beginning of tact, and respect for others is the first condition for knowing how to live.