Famous quotes

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

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole

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The world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel.

Mika Waltari

Mika Waltari

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In every negotiation, the honest man is destined to take the worst part, while cunning and bad faith ultimately tally the scores.

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

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What is everyone's business is nobody's business.

Barbara Ward

Barbara Ward

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Am I truly free if my brother is still bound by poverty?

William George Ward

William George Ward

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Opportunities are like sunrises: if you wait too long, you miss them.

William George Ward

William George Ward

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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William George Ward

William George Ward

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Knowing how to listen is the best remedy against loneliness, loquacity, and laryngitis.

Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe

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Every life must have its empty spaces that the ideal must fill.

Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

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Ultimately, a poem is not something that is seen, but the light that allows us to see. And what we see is life.

George Washington

George Washington

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To persevere in fulfilling one's duty and to keep silent is the best response to slander.

George Washington

George Washington

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True friendship is a plant of slow growth that must suffer and overcome the onslaughts of misfortune before its fruits reach full maturity.