Famous quotes

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

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Political truth, in whatever form it may appear, is nothing more than order and freedom.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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What people fear most is taking a new step, uttering a new word...

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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That happy time when we were so unhappy!

André Gide

André Gide

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People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Friedrich Hegel

Friedrich Hegel

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Nothing great has been accomplished in the world without great passion.

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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There are no weeds or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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A revolution is the larva of a civilization.

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.

Sören Aabye Kierkegaard

Sören Aabye Kierkegaard

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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

John Locke

John Locke

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The teacher's job is not so much to teach everything that can be learned, but to instill in the student love and esteem for knowledge.