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The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, love, people

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.

Quote by Albert Camus about end, man

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Quote by Albert Camus about politics, people

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Quote by Albert Camus

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Quote by Albert Camus about love, people

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about power, people, nothing

We are all special cases.

Quote by Albert Camus about people

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, personality, death, life

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

Quote by Orson Scott about nation, faith, people

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Quote by Jane Austen about man, people

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.

Quote by Jane Austen about nation, problems, people

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Quote by Jane Austen about nation, problems, people

A person dishonored is worst than dead.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man, people

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Quote by Jane Austen about literature, pleasure, people, good, good luck

There are people, the more you do for them, the less they do for themselves.

Quote by Jane Austen about nation, people, contentment

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Quote by Jane Austen about nation, people, contentment

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

Quote by Jane Austen about proudness, vanity, opinion, word, people, being, things

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Quote by Jane Austen about man, people

As I was walking I passed a person with his head back and a handkerchief pressed against his nose, trying to staunch the blood. He had a nosebleed.

Quote by Michael Chabon about blood, heads, people

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Quote by Bette Davis about heart, people