Famous quotes

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

Eugene Ionesco

Eugene Ionesco

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No one owns the crowd even if they believe they have it dominated.

Eugene Ionesco

Eugene Ionesco

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An idea is true when it has not yet been imposed.

Eugene Ionesco

Eugene Ionesco

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If it is absolutely necessary for art or theater to serve a purpose, it will be to teach people that there are activities that serve no purpose and that it is essential for them to exist.

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Books are the best provision I have found for this human journey.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Children's games are not just games, but their most serious activities.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Death does not concern you, neither alive nor dead: alive, because you are; dead, because you are no more.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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It is necessary to lend oneself to others, but to give oneself only to oneself.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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I only quote others in order to express my thoughts better.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Nothing seems so true that it cannot seem false.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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No benefit is ever achieved without harming another.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Laws maintain their credit not because they are just, but because they are laws.