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Author Archives: Quotes Team
Evan Esar on Anger
“Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Wisdom
“Only the shallow know themselves.” Continue reading
Plato on Humanity
“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” Continue reading
W. H. Auden on Poetry
“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” Continue reading
Francis Bacon on Certainties
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.” Continue reading
Marilyn Monroe on Hollywood
“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Temptation
“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” Continue reading
Aristotle on Art
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Continue reading
Carl Sagan on Science
“I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.” Continue reading
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