Famous quotes

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

Charmesse

Charmesse

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Happiness is more with the poor who considers he has enough than with the rich, who never believes he has enough.

S. Chase

S. Chase

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Condemning progress in everything is to forget the orchards that have made seawater desalination possible; idealizing it is to forget Hiroshima.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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While the heart has desire, the imagination retains illusions.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Forests precede civilizations, deserts follow them.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Our illusions know no bounds; we taste the bitterness of the cup a thousand times and yet, we still bring our lips to its edge.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Contempt should only be used sparingly, due to the large number of those in need.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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For your kisses I would sell the future!

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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The boredom cannot exist wherever there is a gathering of good friends.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Death is harder to accept than to endure.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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The man who understood God would be another God.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Almost all the crimes punished by the law are due to hunger.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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The original writer is not the one who does not imitate anyone, but the one whom no one can imitate.