Famous quotes

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

Voltaire

Voltaire

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To the living, we owe respect, but to the dead, we owe only the truth.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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The way a person takes control of their destiny is more determining than the destiny itself.

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

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Nothing weighs as much as the heart when it is tired.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The democracy has emerged from the idea that if men are equal in any respect, they are equal in all.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

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There is neither fortune nor misfortune in the world, but the comparison of one state with another, that is all. Only the one who has experienced the height of misfortune can feel supreme happiness. It is necessary to have wanted to die, my friend, to know how good and beautiful life is.

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

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The more sinister a politician's desires are, the more pompous, in general, their language becomes.

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

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How do you know if Earth is not just another planet's hell?

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Seeing what is right in front of our noses requires a constant struggle.

Silvio Pellico

Silvio Pellico

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To demand that parents, in order to respect them, be free of flaws and be the epitome of humanity is arrogance and injustice.

Pittacus of Mytilene

Pittacus of Mytilene

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If you want to know a man, give him great power.

Alonso de la Torre

Alonso de la Torre

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Justice is not found in the words of the law.