Short quotes

Collection of phrases and short quotes to share on your social networks.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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I don't believe that the strictest justice is always the best policy.

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

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If fame only comes after death, I am not in a hurry to achieve it.

José Martí

José Martí

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The homeland is the joy, pain, and heaven of all, and not the fiefdom or chaplaincy of anyone.

William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

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Just an inept person always performs at their maximum potential.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Those who are not sure of their memory should refrain from lying.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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The public good requires betraying, lying, and massacring.

Paul Morand

Paul Morand

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Complete works crush the reader; they kill the authors and ruin the publishers.

Enrique Múgica Herzog

Enrique Múgica Herzog

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Longing is the path to becoming a pillar of salt.

Harry Mulisch

Harry Mulisch

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A beginning never disappears, not even with an ending.

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Antonio Muñoz Molina

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Traducción al inglés americano: 'Reading is the only sovereign act we have left.'