Famous quotes

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

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.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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The man in his essence should not be a slave, neither of himself nor of others, but a lover. His ultimate purpose lies in love.

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

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I cannot wish for the good ones to win, as I do not know who they are.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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A banker is a gentleman who lends us an umbrella when it's sunny and demands it back when it starts to rain.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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You pick up a dog that is starving, you feed it and it won't bite you. That is the most notable difference between a dog and a man.