Famous quotes

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

Jose María de Pereda

Jose María de Pereda

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Old age is a great book. It's a pity that man has to die just when he starts reading it with benefit!

Jose María de Pereda

Jose María de Pereda

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Experience does not consist of what has been lived, but of what has been reflected upon.

Ramón Pérez de Ayala

Ramón Pérez de Ayala

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Great science is to be happy, to generate joy, because without it, all existence is barren.

Jaume Perich

Jaume Perich

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An optimist is someone who believes that everything can be fixed. A pessimist is someone who thinks the same, but knows that no one will try.

Jaume Perich

Jaume Perich

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Thanks to freedom of speech, today it is already possible to say that a ruler is useless without anything happening to us. The ruler neither.

Jaume Perich

Jaume Perich

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Friends are for occasions, except in certain political-economic circles, where occasions are for friends.

Jaume Perich

Jaume Perich

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Religion serves to help us and console us in the face of problems that we wouldn't have if religion didn't exist.

Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos

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Economizad las lágrimas de vuestros hijos a fin de que puedan regar con ellas vuestra tumba.

Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos

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No desprecies a nadie; un átomo hace sombra.

Pitigrilli

Pitigrilli

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Estimo mucho a las personas que conozco. De aquí que no trate de conocer a nadie.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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Just as the ignorant person is dead before dying, the talented individual lives even after death.