Famous quotes

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

George Travelyan

George Travelyan

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Education has managed to make people learn to read, but it is unable to point out what is worth reading.

Eugenio Trias

Eugenio Trias

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In this life, one must die several times in order to be reborn. And crises, although frightening, serve us to end an era and inaugurate another.

Elsa Triolet

Elsa Triolet

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The only function of time is to consume itself: it burns without leaving ashes.

Elsa Triolet

Elsa Triolet

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Silence is like the wind: it fans the flames of major misunderstandings and extinguishes only the small ones.

Elsa Triolet

Elsa Triolet

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The reader can be considered the main character of the novel, on equal footing with the author; without them, nothing is accomplished.

Flora Tristan

Flora Tristan

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Two things amaze me: the intelligence of beasts and the brutality of men.

Flora Tristan

Flora Tristan

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All the misfortunes of the world come from the forgetfulness and contempt that has been shown to the natural and indispensable rights of women.

Flora Tristan

Flora Tristan

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The law that enslaves women and deprives them of education, also oppresses you, proletarian men. (...) In the name of your own interest, men; in the name of your improvement, yours, men; finally, in the name of the universal welfare of all, I urge you to demand rights for women.

Flora Tristan

Flora Tristan

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The level of civilization achieved by various human societies is in proportion to the independence enjoyed by women.

Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso

Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso

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The art of overcoming great difficulties is learned and acquired through the habit of facing small ones.