Short quotes

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

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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Courtesy is actually the most effective form of contempt.

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.

Robert Bolt

Robert Bolt

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A belief is not simply an idea that the mind possesses, it is an idea that possesses the mind.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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It's not the duties that take away a man's independence; it's the commitments.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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A disorderly conduct sharpens the wit and distorts judgment.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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Two talents in one marriage are too much talent for one home.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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Men are perverted not so much by wealth as by the desire for wealth.

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

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The art of painting consists of lightening and darkening the tones without decorating them.

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Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

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Our senses deceive us or are insufficient when it comes to analysis, observation, and appreciation.

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

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The realization entails the idea that what I know is definitive.

The only ideals worth having are those that you can apply to daily life. And to the world.

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

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One is in love when one realizes that another person is unique.