Famous quotes

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

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.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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Vain means empty; vanity is so vile that to insult it, it is enough to call it by its own name.

Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

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We gulp down the lie that flatters us in one sip, and we drink drop by drop the truth that embitters us.

Ramón de Campoamor

Ramón de Campoamor

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Educated lovers know that three consecutive 'no's mean 'yes'.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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The best of life is spent saying 'it's too soon,' and then it's 'too late'.

Edmund Husserl

Edmund Husserl

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The connections of truths are different from the connections of things, which are 'true' in them.