Famous quotes

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

Jules Sandeau

Jules Sandeau

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Gratitude is like that Orient liquor that only keeps in golden jars: it perfumes great souls and turns sour in small ones.

Jules Sandeau

Jules Sandeau

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Marriage is a dinner that begins with dessert.

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

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Pleasures are like food: the simplest ones are the least tiring.

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

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When one has not known how to live, even less can one know how to die.

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

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The authority of fashion is such that it forces us to be ridiculous in order not to appear so.

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

Joseph Sanial-Dubay

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Abuses, even in the most solid state, are silent mines that sooner or later explode.

Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena

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The strongest and purest love is not that which rises from impression, but that which descends from admiration.

Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena

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Enough of silences! Shout with a hundred thousand tongues! Because, by having been silent, the world is rotten!

Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena

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One thing I ask of you, and that is not to be swayed by excessive advice. It is better to choose an advisor who advises you sincerely, and to follow them. It is dangerous to accompany many.

Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena

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In bitterness you will desire sweetness, and in war, peace.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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If in the midst of adversities the heart perseveres with serenity, with joy, and with peace, this is love.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone is enough.