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

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, because it mainly consists of dealing with men.

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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Every era is nourished by illusions, otherwise, men would soon give up on life, and that would be the end of the human race.

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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I suppose only those who do nothing are free from making mistakes.

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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Every idealization impoverishes life. To beautify it is to take away its complexity, it is to destroy it.

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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Woe to him whose heart has not learned while young to hope, love, and place trust in life!

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

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The author only writes half of the book. The reader must take care of the other half.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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It is tough, it is painful, not to be loved when one still loves, but it is much tougher to still be loved when one no longer loves.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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Meditation strengthens the strong and weakens the weak.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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When the age of passions has passed, what else can we desire but to escape from life with the least possible amount of pain?

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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Freedom is nothing more than what society has the right to do and the state has no right to prevent.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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The arbitrary is not only harmful when used for crime. Employed against crime, it is also dangerous.

Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

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We are such fickle creatures that we end up experiencing the feelings we pretend.