Famous quotes

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

The aim of education is virtue and the desire to become a good citizen.

Everything that is called studying and learning is nothing but remembering.

The intelligent man speaks with authority when he directs his own life.

Civilization is the victory of persuasion over force.

It is necessary to differentiate things: what always exists without having been born, and what is always beginning without ever coming to be.

The legislator should not aim for the happiness of a certain order of citizens to the exclusion of others, but the happiness of all.

Freedom lies in being masters of our own lives.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How much pleasure is obtained from useless knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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A good life is one inspired by love and guided by intelligence.