Famous quotes

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

Georges Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

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The world has been created to be recreated.

Georges Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

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If material civilization is not first in the hearts of men, it is useless to expect it to exist.

Georges Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

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I have too much respect for the idea of a God to hold Him responsible for such an absurd world.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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When unbridled love enters the heart, it gnaws away at all other feelings; it lives at the expense of honor, faith, and the given word.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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A woman is like a good cup of coffee: the first time you have it, it keeps you from sleeping.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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You don't need to know the danger to be afraid; in fact, unknown dangers are the ones that inspire the most fear.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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If you give the impression of needing anything, you will be given nothing; to make a fortune, it is necessary to appear to be rich.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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How is it that, while children are so intelligent, most men are so stupid? It must be the result of education.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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Life is fascinating: you just have to look at it through the right glasses.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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There are women who love their husbands so much that, in order not to use them, they take their friends'.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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For every kind of trouble there are two remedies: time and silence.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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Everything fits in the brief. Small is the child and contains the man; narrow is the brain and shelters the thought; the eye is no more than a point and spans leagues.