Famous quotes

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

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

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Bureaucracy is the form of government in which everyone is deprived of political freedom, of the power to act; because the domination of Nobody is not the absence of domination, and where everyone equally lacks power we have a tyranny without a tyrant.

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

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Action is the only human faculty to perform miracles.

Aristophanes

Aristophanes

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Wise men learn a lot from their enemies.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Friendship is one soul living in two bodies; one heart living in two souls.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The ignorant asserts, the wise doubts and reflects.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The wise person does not say everything they think, but always thinks everything they say.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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It is not enough to merely speak the truth, but it is better to show the cause of falsehood.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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I consider the one who conquers their desires to be braver than the one who conquers their enemies, since the hardest victory is the victory over oneself.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Anyone can get angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy.