Famous quotes

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

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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The investigative journalist is often indispensable for the well-being of society, but only if he knows when to stop investigating.

Jean Rostand

Jean Rostand

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The issue of faith? I question it every day, incessantly. I have said no. I have said no to God, if I may express it in this brutal way; but the question is constantly reasserted. I am obsessed, let's say it clearly, obsessed, if not by God, then by the non-God. This is how it is.

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

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Poor thing...! He will never know what it's like to be young, because he was born a banker.

William Rotsler

William Rotsler

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How strange and wonderful is that fleeting moment when we realize we have found a friend!

William Rotsler

William Rotsler

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If you don't have a sense of humor, you are at the mercy of others.

Denis de Rougemont

Denis de Rougemont

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The perfection of love is to die for love.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Love letters are written starting without knowing what to say, and they end without knowing what has been said.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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All passions are good as long as one is in control of them, and all of them are bad when they enslave us.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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One of the advantages of good deeds is to elevate the soul and prepare it to do even better ones.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.