Famous quotes

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

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.

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

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Unrealized futures are just branches of the past: dry branches.

Ramón de Campoamor

Ramón de Campoamor

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Friendship is a love that is not communicated through the senses.

Ramón de Campoamor

Ramón de Campoamor

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My faith is so fulfilled that I adore God, even though He gave me life.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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For every free man who falls, ten slaves are born and the future grows a little darker.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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If love were enough, things would be too simple. The more one loves, the more the absurdity solidifies.