Short quotes

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

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

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The first and simplest emotion we discover in the human mind is curiosity.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

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A very large part of the evils that afflict the world derive from words.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

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Take care of your ambition. It can soar but also crawl.

George Burns

George Burns

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Who makes us laugh is a comedian. Who makes us think and then laugh is a humorist.

Robert Burton

Robert Burton

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One never fell in love, and that was their hell. Another did, and that was their condemnation.

Robert Burton

Robert Burton

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Due to our ignorance, we do not know the necessary things; due to error, we know them incorrectly.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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It takes but the blink of an eye to turn a peaceful man into a warrior.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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All progress is based on the universal and innate desire of every organism to live beyond its means.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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Machines, being incapable of fighting by themselves, have managed to make man fight with them.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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The longer a dispute lasts, the further we are from the end.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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The most stubborn people are often the most wrong, like those who have not learned to doubt.