Famous quotes

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

Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne

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Rashness changes its name when it achieves success. Then it is called heroism.

Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne

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Death opens the door to fame and closes behind it the door of envy.

E. W. Stevens

E. W. Stevens

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Even if it's just for the miserable desire to rest, you must work.

E. W. Stevens

E. W. Stevens

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Those who get discouraged by a failure is because they already have everything they can.

E. W. Stevens

E. W. Stevens

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Experience is generally attributed to people of a certain age, and what's worse, they attribute it to themselves.

E. W. Stevens

E. W. Stevens

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Strive to be worthy of all favors, but accept none.

E. W. Stevens

E. W. Stevens

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The most essential condition to be optimistic is to have absolute confidence in oneself.

Earl Gray Stevens

Earl Gray Stevens

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Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers, but from being open to all the questions.

Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

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Good humor is a duty we owe to our neighbor.

Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

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As soon as man abandons envy, he begins to prepare to enter the path of happiness.