Famous Quotes in History
This web site features a A to Z directory of quotes made by famous people in history. The quotes are listed alphabetically by the surname of the person who made the quote and by the topic of the quote.
A to Z of Famous Quotes Alphabetically by Author's Surnames
A to Z of Famous Quotes Alphabetically by Topic
Here are 10 Randomly Selected Quotes by Famous People in History
Aristotle : Man
Man is by nature a political animal.
Remy de Gourmont : Books
Good books are irrefutable, and bad books refute themselves.
Sir Thomas More : Friendship
Friendship demands attention.
Max Eastman : Hurry
I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest a while.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne : Man
Man is certainly stark mad: he cannot make a worm, and yet he makes gods by the dozen.
Stanislaw Lec : Beware
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
Mary Wilson Little : Pleasure
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
Charles Lamb : The Best Thing
Positively the best thing a man can have to do is nothing, and next to that, perhaps, good works.
Oliver Wendell Holmes : Life
Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.
Louis D Brandeis : America
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
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