Famous quotes

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

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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It is perhaps more fortunate to enjoy collecting seashells than to have been born a millionaire.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Our purpose in life is not to achieve success, but to continue failing with high spirits.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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I always carry two books in my pocket, one to read and the other to write in.

Henry Lewis Stimson

Henry Lewis Stimson

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The only mortal sin I know is cynicism.

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

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Since man has existed, there has been music. But also, animals, atoms, and stars make music.

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

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Life is a game of terrible odds; if it were a bet, you wouldn't get involved in it.

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

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Following only one path is to move backward.

Johann August Strindberg

Johann August Strindberg

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Society is a madhouse whose guardians are the police officers.

Johann August Strindberg

Johann August Strindberg

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When you're twenty, you think you've solved the enigma of the world; at thirty, you reflect on it, and at forty, you discover that it's insoluble.

Johann August Strindberg

Johann August Strindberg

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One cannot have any other task in life than to preserve it until death.