Famous quotes

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

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

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It is the same to triumph as to glorify defeat.

César Vallejo

César Vallejo

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Considering coldly, impartially, that man is sad, he coughs, and yet takes pleasure in his red chest.

César Vallejo

César Vallejo

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Today I like life much less, but I always like to live: as I used to say.

Vincent Voiture

Vincent Voiture

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Often, fortune makes us pay very dearly for what we believe it has given us as a gift.

Vincent Voiture

Vincent Voiture

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I like the truth more when I am the one who discovers it than when it is another who shows it to me.

Vincent Voiture

Vincent Voiture

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The secret to good health is for the body to be active and the mind to rest.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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We seek happiness, but without knowing where, like drunkards search for their home, knowing that they have one.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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Only he is immensely rich who knows how to limit his desires.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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I proclaim loudly the freedom of thought and may he who does not think like me perish.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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He who reveals the secret of others is seen as a traitor; he who reveals his own secret is seen as a fool.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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Self-love, like the mechanism of human reproduction, is necessary, brings us pleasure, and we should hide it.