Famous quotes

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

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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Time is a great teacher that fixes many things.

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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He who can do everything must fear everything.

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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Every moment of life is a step towards death.

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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Although I can barely resist my troubles, I prefer to endure them than to deserve them.

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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He who is not afraid of death, is not afraid of threats.

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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By talking about our misfortunes, we alleviate them.

Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

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Fulfill your duty and let the gods act.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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In the world, there is nothing as difficult as frankness and nothing as easy as flattery.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Nature can be corrected, amended, for otherwise we would be buried under prejudices. Without that, there would not be a single great man.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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I like it when they make mistakes. In this lies the superiority of man over other organisms. This is how one arrives at the truth. I am a man, and I am precisely that because I make mistakes.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart. Truly great people, I believe, have a great sadness on earth.