Famous quotes

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

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

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

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

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It is not necessary to always defend the same opinion because no one can prevent becoming wiser.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

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Your fame is like the flower; that sprouts and dies; and the same sun that made it rise from the bitter earth withers it.

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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I hate reality, but it's the only place where you can eat a good steak.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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The man who aims to see everything clearly before deciding never decides.

Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

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God has given us the tongue so that we can speak kind things to our friends and harsh truths to our enemies.

Horace

Horace

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Who is free? Only the one who knows how to master their passions.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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The freedom to love is no less sacred than the freedom to think. What is now called adultery was once called heresy.

Juana de Ibarbourou

Juana de Ibarbourou

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Because no tear ever rescues the world that is lost or the dream that fades away.

Eugene Ionesco

Eugene Ionesco

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The freedom of fantasy is not an escape to unreality; it is creation and daring.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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A smart man is someone who knows how to be smart enough to hire people smarter than him.

Sören Aabye Kierkegaard

Sören Aabye Kierkegaard

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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.