Famous quotes

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

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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Maybe everyone is afraid of each other in this damned world.

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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There is no sin and there is no virtue. There is only what people do.

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn to care for them, and very soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of losing power.

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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In front of us there are a thousand different lives we could live, but when it arrives, it will only be one.

George Steiner

George Steiner

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Literary criticism often stems from a deficit of love.

George Steiner

George Steiner

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Looking back, the critic sees the shadow of a eunuch. Who would be a critic if they could be a writer?

Stendhal

Stendhal

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The difference in infidelity between the two sexes is so real that a passionate woman can forgive infidelity, which is impossible for a man.