Famous quotes

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Not a sublime intelligence, not a great imagination, nor both things together form genius; love, that is the soul of genius.

Enrique Múgica Herzog

Enrique Múgica Herzog

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Longing is the path to becoming a pillar of salt.

Harry Mulisch

Harry Mulisch

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A beginning never disappears, not even with an ending.

Harry Mulisch

Harry Mulisch

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Translating to American English, the phrase would be: 'Using someone's name during a conversation was like a casual caress, like when you stroke someone's hair.'

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Antonio Muñoz Molina

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Traducción al inglés americano: 'Reading is the only sovereign act we have left.'

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Antonio Muñoz Molina

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La traducción al inglés americano de la frase sería: 'The effects of love or tenderness are fleeting, but those of a mistake, a single mistake; they never end, like an incurable caveman disease.'

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

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The best thing is mutual aid. As we all know that we are imperfect, we try to help each other.

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

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When one gets used to never getting what they want, you know what happens? They end up not even knowing what they want.

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

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Even if you manage to hide the memories, or bury them deep down, you cannot erase history. History cannot be erased or altered. Because it would mean killing yourself.

Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow

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No one can terrorize an entire nation unless we all become accomplices.

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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The most offensive thing that your worst enemy could throw in your face doesn't compare to what your closest friends say about you behind your back.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Infatuation is a state of mental misery in which the life of our consciousness narrows, impoverishes, and paralyzes.