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

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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By refusing to accept an immutable higher power that surpasses us, we have filled the void with personal imperatives, and suddenly, our life has become eerie.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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I'm not afraid to die 'one day', I'm afraid to die today.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Precipitation and shallowness are the chronic diseases of the century.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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A state at war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

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.

Stendhal

Stendhal

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The man who has not loved passionately ignores the most beautiful half of his life.