Famous quotes

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

Bella Abzug

Bella Abzug

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The test to determine whether you can do a job or not should not depend on the organization of your chromosomes.

Lord Acton

Lord Acton

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The power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Lord Acton

Lord Acton

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With absolute power, even a donkey finds it easy to govern.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

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Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own laws.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

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Human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent aversion to doing so.

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

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Maybe I didn't get where I intended to go, but I think I've ended up where I needed to be.

Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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One friend in life is plenty. Two are too many. Three are impossible.

Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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Someday science may have human life in its hands, and by causing the world to explode, the human species may incur in collective suicide.

Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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A teacher works for eternity: no one can say where their influence ends.

Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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Chaos is the law of nature; order is the dream of man.

Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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The chaos often generates life, while order generates habits.

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

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Nothing that is achieved without pain and without work is truly valuable.