Famous quotes

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

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

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I have never pretended that you consider me superior, provided that you do not consider me inferior.

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

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I don't want you to be happy. Nobody is happy and we never will be, neither together nor apart. It's not about that. Since you have to suffer, it's better to suffer with someone and find comfort in company. You also can't be good alone.

Maruja Torres

Maruja Torres

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Dictatorships suffer the same fate as bicycles; if they stop, they fall.

Paul Jean Toulet

Paul Jean Toulet

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If you cry with joy, don't dry your tears: you steal them from pain.

A. de la Tour Chambly

A. de la Tour Chambly

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Two friends do not love each other in the same way: one kisses, and the other does nothing but offer their cheek.

Alain Touraine

Alain Touraine

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Television will be the basis of public opinion. It has created a schizophrenic world in which there is nothing between the individual and the global.

Achile Tournier

Achile Tournier

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There is nothing more interesting than the conversation of two lovers who remain silent.

Achile Tournier

Achile Tournier

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We must be good not for others, but to be at peace with ourselves.

Achile Tournier

Achile Tournier

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Military personnel rely too much on strength, and politicians rely too much on skill.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee

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The greatest punishment for those who do not take an interest in politics is that they will be governed by people who do.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee

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A nation remains strong when it focuses on its real problems, and it begins its decline when it can attend to minor details.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee

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Civilizations die by suicide, not by murder.