Famous quotes

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

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Slander is always simple and plausible.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The world could exist very well without literature, and even better without man.

Ramón J. Sénder

Ramón J. Sénder

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The awareness of danger is already half of safety and salvation.

Vittorio Alfieri

Vittorio Alfieri

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To have someone to cry with lessens the tears of many.

Stendhal

Stendhal

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We call beautiful that which is praised by the newspaper and which produces a lot of money.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How much pleasure is obtained from useless knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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A good life is one inspired by love and guided by intelligence.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The prudent man only thinks about his troubles when it leads to something practical; all other moments are dedicated to other things.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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A symptom of approaching a nervous breakdown is believing that your work is tremendously important.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Much of what passes for idealism is masked hatred or love for power.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Among all forms of caution, caution in love is possibly the most lethal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The world needs open minds and hearts, and these cannot be derived from rigid systems, whether old or new.