Famous quotes

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

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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A generation that cannot tolerate boredom will be a generation of little value.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Mathematics can be defined as that subject about which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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I do not sell myself, it is the only luxury of the poor.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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More tears are shed for answered prayers than for unanswered ones.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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And without love everything is nothing.

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Life is not meant to be understood, but to be lived.

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Friends are that part of the human race with whom one can be human.

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Our adherence to a natural leader is not a loss of freedom, it is the recognition that our ideas have an executor and an interpreter.

George Santayana

George Santayana

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For an idea, it is very bad omen to be in fashion, as this implies that it will be forever outdated in the future.