Famous quotes

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

José Saramago

José Saramago

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Time is not a rope that can be measured knot by knot, time is an oblique and undulating surface that only memory is capable of making move and approach.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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A person's identity is not defined by the name they have, the place they were born, or the date they came into the world. A person's identity simply consists of being, and being cannot be denied.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The news is never bad for the chosen ones of God.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Every word has consequences, every silence does too.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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What you think belongs to everyone; only what you feel is yours: if you want to make it yours, feel that God in whom you think.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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With certain people, it is better to be betrayed than to distrust.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Except for man, no being marvels at its own existence.

Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

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There are differences between philosophy and car stickers.

Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

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When one becomes accustomed to a sweet monotony, they no longer desire any kind of distractions, not even once, in order to avoid discovering that they are bored every day.

Richard Steele

Richard Steele

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Reading is to intelligence what exercise is to the body.

Stendhal

Stendhal

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With passions, one is never bored; without them, one becomes dull.