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

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of a tiger ended up inside it.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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To love reading is to exchange hours of boredom for hours of ineffable and delightful company.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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If we cannot end our differences, let's contribute to making the world a place suitable for them.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Never negotiate out of fear, but never fear to negotiate.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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If a free society cannot help its many poor, it cannot save its few rich either.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Democracy is a superior form of government because it is based on respect for man as a rational being.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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The greatness of a man is in direct relation to the evidence of his moral strength.

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.