Famous quotes

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

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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There is only one power: conscience in the service of justice; there is only one glory: genius, in the service of truth.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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In man there is a serpent: the intestine, which tempts, betrays, and punishes.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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A faith: behold the most necessary thing for man. Unfortunate is the one who believes in nothing.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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The genius on earth is God who gives himself. Every time a masterpiece appears, it is a distribution of Divinity that is made to men. The masterpiece is a kind of miracle.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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Misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty are battlefields that have their heroes.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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As short as life is, we make it even shorter through the foolish waste of time.

Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis

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You are not more because you are praised, nor less because you are criticized; what you are in front of God, that is what you are and nothing more.

Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis

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Have a good conscience and you will always have joy. If there is any joy in the world, it surely belongs to the person with a pure heart.

Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis

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I have sought tranquility everywhere, and I have only found it sitting in a secluded corner, with a book in my hands.

Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis

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The humble knowledge of oneself is a safer path to God than the path of science.

Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis

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If we were to eliminate one vice every year, we would soon become perfect.