Famous quotes

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

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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Perfect love has this power: that we forget our happiness to make those we love happy.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Like all dreamers, I mistook disillusionment for truth.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The world could exist very well without literature, and even better without man.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Goodbyes always hurt, even when you've been longing for them for a long time.

Ramón J. Sénder

Ramón J. Sénder

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The awareness of danger is already half of safety and salvation.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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We are all travelers in the desert of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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Only he who knows is free, and the more one knows, the freer one is. Do not proclaim the freedom to fly, but give wings.

Friedrich von Logau

Friedrich von Logau

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To battle oneself is the most difficult war; to overcome oneself is the most beautiful victory.

Vittorio Alfieri

Vittorio Alfieri

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To have someone to cry with lessens the tears of many.

Cristina II

Cristina II

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I love men not because they are men, but because they are not women.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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No one reached the summit accompanied by fear.

Stendhal

Stendhal

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We call beautiful that which is praised by the newspaper and which produces a lot of money.