Famous quotes

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

Candide

Candide

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When the tyrant can be called a tyrant, humor is no longer necessary.

Candide

Candide

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If virtue were recognized as a mystery, virtue would be easier.

Candide

Candide

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The men tend to present their desires to those whom they consider to be miraculously superior to them, through one avenue of faith or another.

Candide

Candide

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It is likely that at some point there was more talent in the prisons than in the universities.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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Love: a snake with two heads that watch each other ceaselessly.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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No one is more lonely than those who have never received a letter.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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It's my childhood dreams that still make me say if I perceive a crack in a man's armor: not all is lost, it takes little to make that stopped heart beat.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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Death accepted with resignation is no honor.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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I hate judgments that only crush and do not transform.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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Commit yourself to God with all your heart, for many times He tends to shower His mercies when hopes are driest.