Famous quotes

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

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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The fish and Oscar Wilde die by the mouth.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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The acquittal of the guilty is the condemnation of the judge.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Remorse dulls in prosperity and sharpens in bad times.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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What will be, will be. I know that philosophy. They often call it predestination, fatalism, fate, but what it really means is that you will do as you damn well please, as always.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Happiness is not doing what one wants but wanting what one does.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Like all dreamers, I mistook disillusionment for truth.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Goodbyes always hurt, even when you've been longing for them for a long time.

Ramón J. Sénder

Ramón J. Sénder

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The awareness of danger is already half of safety and salvation.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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We are all travelers in the desert of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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Only he who knows is free, and the more one knows, the freer one is. Do not proclaim the freedom to fly, but give wings.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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Luck is what happens when preparation and opportunity meet and merge.