Famous quotes

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.

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.