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They're only truly great who are truly good.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Quote by George Chapman about opinion, good, good luck

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Quote by Stevie Wonder about mother, garden, teachers, love

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Quote by Benjamin Jonson about fear, prison, hell

What can I write for you to like me? All great words were...

What can I write for you to like me? All great words were already said before. Better I keep my silence.

Quote by Corneliu Vadim Tudor about writing, silence, word, contentment

Human destiny knows no greater threat than death for...

Human destiny knows no greater threat than death for unknown reasons!

Quote by Ramon Gomez de la Serna about destiny, death, human imperfections

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Quote by Robert Serban about abstinence, reason

Use the chance. Close your eyes and approach to yourself that thing you have achieved. It will be something great, possibly life, or maybe death, but undoubtedly it will please you. Ugly thing is nothing but the perfect balance of indecision....

Quote by Caius Traian Dragomir about determination, things, chance, eyes, use, death, perfection, nothing, contentment, life

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.

Quote by Jonathan Kellerman about books, work, world

A great artist is never poor.

A great artist is never poor.

Quote by Isak Dinesen about art, artists

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Quote by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon about genius, aptitude, patience

It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are...

It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent.

Quote by Italo Svevo about greatness, faith, conscience, contentment

As for me, my greatest pain is that life has always...

As for me, my greatest pain is that life has always defeated in the battle with literature.

Quote by Radu Voinescu about life, literature, pain

Nothing to understand: you open the book passing your soul over its old parchment a pale light starts suddenly flowing a poisoned spear falls down bloody wars corpses ever more deeply slashed in ever greater numbers until they are...

OQuote by Otilia Nicolescu about poetry, numbers, nothing, light, soul, old, olderness, death, spirit, contentment

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Quote by Dorothy Parker about literature, force, police

Death is the greatest failure of God.

Death is the greatest failure of God.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about death, failure, god

I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will never do any good.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about opinion, lie, sincerity, man, good, good luck, life

No freedom is greater than the one of thoughts.

No freedom is greater than the one of thoughts.

VQuote by Valeria Mahoc about liberty

Love is like Water: within a Great Fire it evaporates...

Love is like Water: within a Great Fire it evaporates...

Quote by Ion Pachia-Tatomirescu about love, water, fire, fire brigade

The great wisdom is to choose your friends that will not...

The great wisdom is to choose your friends that will not force you to make compromises.

Quote by Camil Petrescu about friendship, force, police, wisdom, contentment

Being is the greatest paradox of life in front of death.

Being is the greatest paradox of life in front of death.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about existence, wisdom, death, being, life

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