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

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Be honest, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it becomes even more inconvenient when you try to hide it.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Sé sincero, incluso si la verdad es inconveniente, pues resulta más inconveniente cuando tratas de ocultarla.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Do not fear being eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

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Believing that a weak enemy cannot harm us is like believing that a spark cannot ignite the forest.

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

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Man, generally, only knows how to recognize his happiness in proportion to the misfortune he has experienced.

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

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Fear the one who fears you, even if he is a fly and you are an elephant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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I don't ask for wealth, or hopes, or love, or a friend who understands me; all I ask for is the sky above me and a path at my feet.

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

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It's not enough to just hear the music; you also have to see it.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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We can observe in the republic of dogs that the entire State enjoys the most absolute peace after a plentiful meal, and that civil strife arises among them as soon as a big bone falls into the possession of a dominant dog, who either distributes it among a few, establishing an oligarchy, or keeps it for himself, establishing a tyranny.

Tacitus

Tacitus

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Purchased loyalty is always suspicious and, generally, short-lived.