Famous quotes

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

Émile Zola

Émile Zola

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Nothing is ever finished. A little bit of happiness is enough for everything to start again.

Émile Zola

Émile Zola

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Happiness is not possible in ignorance, only certainty brings tranquility to life.

Émile Zola

Émile Zola

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If you ask me why I came to this world, I will answer you: to live out loud.

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

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Don't forget that giving advice is to undertake a commitment, at the very least.

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

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The important thing is not to have many ideas, but the timely idea in each case.

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

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One must avoid the battle instead of winning it. There are victories that impoverish the defeated, but do not enrich the victor.

Carl Zuckmayer

Carl Zuckmayer

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Half of life is luck, the other discipline; and this is decisive because, without discipline, one wouldn't know where to start with luck.

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

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It's not enough to just think about death, but one must always keep it in front. Then life becomes more solemn, more important, more fruitful, and joyful.

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

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Those who proclaim that they fight in favor of God are always the least peaceful men on Earth. As they believe to perceive heavenly messages, they are deaf to every word of humanity.

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

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Love is like wine, and like wine, it comforts some and destroys others.

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

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All science comes from pain. Pain always seeks the cause of things, while well-being tends to remain still and not look back.

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

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Nothing makes people more unnatural and insubordinate than long and constant idleness.