Famous quotes

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

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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A great democracy must progress or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How pleasant it would be a world in which no one was allowed to operate in the stock market unless they had passed an exam in Greek economics and poetry, and in which politicians were required to have a solid knowledge of history and modern novels!

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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I oppose all superstition, whether Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or Buddhist.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The most enlightened among the Greeks held that slavery was justifiable as long as the masters were Greek and the slaves were barbarians, but the opposite case was contrary to nature.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The conclusion is that we know very little, and yet it is amazing how much we know. Even more amazing is that such little knowledge can yield so much power.

Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber

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Music is the true universal language.

Friedrich Weber

Friedrich Weber

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Love is a true bout of fever, with the difference that it begins with cold and ends with heat, while love follows the opposite path.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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Why should I worry? It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is God's concern to think about me.