Famous quotes

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

The drop hollows the rock, not by its strength but by its constancy.

Do not give in to anger too much; prolonged anger breeds hatred.

The soul rests when it sheds its tears; and pain is satisfied with its weeping.

The causes are hidden. The effects are visible to all.

I flee from what follows me; I go after what flees from me.

He who has shipwrecked trembles even before the calm waves.

Love for the homeland is more evident than reason itself.

Envy, the most mean-spirited of vices, slithers on the ground like a snake.