The World’s Greatest Quotes Collection

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.

— Confucius

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

— Horace Walpole

Letter to Anne, Countess of Upper Ossory, August 16, 1776

The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

— Alexander Graham Bell

In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time, none, zero.

Creative activity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

The first rule of fishing is to fish where the fish are.

Anger is a hot coal you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at someone else.

— Buddha

The more you understand this world, the more you destroy yourself. That's why fools are happy, and intelligent people live in loneliness.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.

— Immanuel Kant

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essay, "Books", 1870

There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-a*s Irish pub.