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

Norman Birkett

Norman Birkett

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I don't mind people looking at their watches when I'm talking, but it's excessive for them to also shake them to make sure they're working.

William Blake

William Blake

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

William Blake

William Blake

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The bird has its nest, the spider its web, the man friendship.

William Blake

William Blake

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The one who feeds on repressed desires eventually rots.

William Blake

William Blake

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If the madman persisted in his madness, he would become wise.

William Blake

William Blake

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He who becomes chained to a joy, destroys a free life; but he who kisses joy as it flies, lives the dawn of eternity.

William Blake

William Blake

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Those who suppress desire do so because it is weak enough to be suppressed.

William Blake

William Blake

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I will not reason, nor compare; my task is to create.

William Blake

William Blake

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He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence.

William Blake

William Blake

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The man whose opinion never changes is like stagnant water, and breeds reptiles in his mind.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

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Youth is the age of selfless sacrifices, absence of selfishness, and superfluous excesses.