Short quotes

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

Charles Péguy

Charles Péguy

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The secret of the interesting man is that he himself is interested in everyone.

Charles Péguy

Charles Péguy

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Each day has enough of its own worries, and there is no need to anticipate those of tomorrow.

Charles Péguy

Charles Péguy

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Modernism is the attitude of someone who doesn't believe in what they believe.

José María Pemán

José María Pemán

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A child is a question we ask of destiny.

William Penn

William Penn

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Those who have the heart to help have the right to criticize.

William Penn

William Penn

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Work! If you don't need it to feed yourself, you need it like medicine.

William Penn

William Penn

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My prison will be my grave before yielding an inch; for my conscience is not owed to any mortal.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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In the long run, a hierarchical society would only be possible based on poverty and ignorance.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Power is not a means, but an end in itself.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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It is impossible to found a civilization on fear, hatred, and cruelty. It would not endure.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Nothing would change as long as power remained in the hands of a privileged minority.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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If who controls the past, controls the future, who controls the present, controls the past?