Famous quotes

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

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

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If I am rich in something, it is in perplexities and not certainties.

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

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There are defeats that have more dignity than victory.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

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Human life is like a path whose exit is a horrifying precipice; we are warned about it from the first steps; but the decree has already been pronounced: it is necessary to always move forward without being able to retreat.

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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The past is the past. There is a future for all men who repent and have energy.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

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No group can act effectively if there is a lack of harmony; no group can act in harmony if there is a lack of trust; no group can act with confidence if it is not bound by common opinions, common affections, common interests.

Robert Burns

Robert Burns

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Ah, if we were given the power to see ourselves as others see us! How many absurdities and foolishnesses we would be free from.

Robert Burton

Robert Burton

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Where God has a temple, the devil raises a chapel.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient data.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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It is better to have loved and lost than to have never lost.

John Cage

John Cage

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I don't understand why people are scared of new ideas. I'm scared of old ones.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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That all life is a dream and dreams are just dreams.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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We pretend to be what we are; let's be what we pretend.