Short quotes

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

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

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Society differs from nature in that it pursues a defined moral purpose.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Even on the highest throne, one sits on one's own bottom.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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The acquittal of the guilty is the condemnation of the judge.

Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo

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Time wreaks havoc on gratitude, even more than on beauty.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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It is tough to fall, but it is worse never to have tried to climb.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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I have always believed that the good was nothing but the beautiful put into action.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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Perfect love has this power: that we forget our happiness to make those we love happy.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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Things go wrong if they lack the touch of human skin.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Happiness is not doing what one wants but wanting what one does.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Like all dreamers, I mistook disillusionment for truth.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The world could exist very well without literature, and even better without man.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Goodbyes always hurt, even when you've been longing for them for a long time.