All Sayings

587 sayings found

If a lion knew his own strength, it were hard for any man to rule him.

— Thomas More c. 1516-1535
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For me, it was clear that the euro would fail if we didn’t act.

— Angela Merkel 2012
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.

— Aung San Suu Kyi 1995
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When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

— Erasmus 1500
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

— Blaise Pascal 1670 (posthumous)
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I'm massively influential over the youth, but it's my influence as a whole people are afraid of

— Andrew Tate 2023
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A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

— Edmund Burke 1790
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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

— Jeremy Bentham 1776
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The metropolis, which is the seat of the money economy, is the place of this highest development of individuality.

— Georg Simmel 1903
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When a society is deeply divided, it tends to commit suicide collectively.

— Emile Durkheim 1897
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Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, - it largely increases the product.

— P.T. Barnum c. 1865-1880
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Thank you, Monsieur.

— Mata Hari 1917
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I have killed peasant men and women, old and young... We killed 23,884 Turks.

— Vlad the Impaler 1462
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I confess to nothing.

— Elizabeth Bathory c. 1610-1614
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I am he who was, who is, and who is to come.

— Comte de Saint-Germain 18th Century (attributed)
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Democracy is the best revenge.

— Benazir Bhutto 2007
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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

— Corazon Aquino 1986
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We must begin wherever we are and the thought of the trace, which is not a concept, is already inscribed in the text.

— Jacques Derrida 1967
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The public sphere is an arena where citizens can come together, exchange opinions, and deliberate on matters of common concern.

— Jurgen Habermas 1962
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My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

— Ramesses II c. 1250 BCE
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