Famous quotes

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

Francis Petrarch

Francis Petrarch

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It is more honorable to obtain the throne than to be born into it. Fortune grants one, merit the other.

Francis Petrarch

Francis Petrarch

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It is better to wish for good than to know the truth.

Francis Petrarch

Francis Petrarch

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The human being has no greater enemy than himself.

Francisco Pi y Margall

Francisco Pi y Margall

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Political convictions are like virginity: once lost, they cannot be regained.

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

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Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

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Everything that is taught to a child is prevented from being invented or discovered by them.

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

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Education, for the majority, means trying to make the child resemble the typical adult of their society. But for me, it means making creators, you have to make inventors, innovators, and non-conformists.

Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

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The only way to be followed is to run faster than the others.

Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

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Our head is round to allow thoughts to change direction.

Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

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Better not do anything than do anything.

Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

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You have to do something, but not think about doing something.