Famous quotes

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

John Locke

John Locke

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Reading provides the mind with only materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read our own.

Molière

Molière

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If you possessed a hundred beautiful qualities, people would look at you from the least favorable side.

Molière

Molière

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Uninterrupted happiness is boring: it must have alternatives.

Molière

Molière

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He who wants to drown his dog says it is rabid.

Molière

Molière

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Doctors are not for that; their mission is to prescribe and charge; whether to heal or not is the patient's concern.

Molière

Molière

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Almost all men die of their remedies, not of their diseases.

Molière

Molière

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Looks deceive most of the time; one should not always judge by what one sees.

Tirso de Molina

Tirso de Molina

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He who inclines to be a traitor will later regret his decision.