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The human condition3 quotes
One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour. — Oscar Wilde · 1880Not to be born is, past all prizing, best. — Sophocles · 406 BCOf all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles · 430 BCForeigners2 quotes
Who told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusThe more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. — Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765Xenophobia2 quotes
Who told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusThe more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. — Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765Bad luck1 quote
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles · 430 BCBeing born1 quote
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best. — Sophocles · 406 BCBook burning1 quote
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine · 1821Broken heart1 quote
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697Censorship1 quote
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine · 1821Crime1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCDeterring crime1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCFear1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCFortune1 quote
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles · 430 BCFreedom1 quote
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine · 1821Happiness1 quote
The happiest life consists in ignorance. — Sophocles · 442 BCHuman nature1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCIgnorance1 quote
The happiest life consists in ignorance. — Sophocles · 442 BCIgnorance is bliss1 quote
The happiest life consists in ignorance. — Sophocles · 442 BCImmigration1 quote
Who told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusJustice1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCLearning from mistakes1 quote
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCLies1 quote
I consider false words to be the foulest sickness. — AeschylusLife1 quote
One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour. — Oscar Wilde · 1880Man and animals1 quote
There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man. — Sophocles · 441 BCMen and women1 quote
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697Music1 quote
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. — William Congreve · 1697Nature of man1 quote
There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man. — Sophocles · 441 BCPatriotism1 quote
The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. — Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765Power of music1 quote
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. — William Congreve · 1697Promises1 quote
My tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn. — Euripides · 428 BC