Famous quotes

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

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It is a strange purpose to pursue power and lose freedom.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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A smart man is someone who knows how to be smart enough to hire people smarter than him.

John Locke

John Locke

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The teacher's job is not so much to teach everything that can be learned, but to instill in the student love and esteem for knowledge.

Jean de Monet

Jean de Monet

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Man never looks at the sky because he always has it in sight.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Even on the highest throne, one sits on one's own bottom.

Here I am a foreigner because no one understands me.

Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz

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Love is born of a sudden passion; friendship from frequent and prolonged interaction.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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Every day without joy was not yours: it was only to endure in it. As long as you live without enjoying it, you are not truly living.

Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo

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Time wreaks havoc on gratitude, even more than on beauty.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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Do what you can, with what you have, wherever you are.