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

William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt

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The art of conversation is the art of listening and being listened to.

William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt

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The art of life is knowing how to enjoy a little and endure a lot.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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There are many people who don't believe in anything, but who are afraid of everything.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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Whatever a man may gain, he must pay for dearly, even if it is only with the fear of losing it.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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There are people who would find comfort even in the end of the world, as long as they had announced it.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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Do not honor with your hatred those whom you could not honor with your love.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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Our virtues are often the illegitimate children of our vices.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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Believing something is possible is making it true.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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The eyes are the point where the soul and the body intertwine.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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Often, youth is criticized for believing that the world begins with them. True, but old age often believes even more frequently that the world ends with them. What is worse?

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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To more than one who says that life is short, the day seems too long.