English Quotes

“Nature does nothing in vain.” Aristotle

“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“[Thou art] a disease that must be cut away.” William Shakespeare

“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.” Victor Hugo

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” Aristotle

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” Laozi

“Genius: the superhuman in man.” Victor Hugo

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” Laozi

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Hope is a waking dream.” Aristotle

“The future influences the present just as much as the past.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.” Aristotle

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Albert Einstein

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” Laozi

“It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.” Aristotle

“In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“He who talks more is sooner exhausted.” Laozi

“Power trends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton

“A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.” Victor Hugo

“As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.” Victor Hugo

“What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.” Victor Hugo

“When anger rises, think of the consequences.” Confucius

“Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.” Victor Hugo

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein

“Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.” Victor Hugo

“Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.” Victor Hugo