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Others Quotes by Milan Kundera
- Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.…
- she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for…
- If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some…
- For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye…
- The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought, but that is…
- We can never establish with certainty what part of our relations with others is the result of our emotions - love, antipathy, charity, or malice…
- In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her:…
- Jealousy has the amazing power to illuminate a single person in an intense beam of light, keeping the multitude of others in total darkness.
More Others Quotes
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best,… — John C. Maxwell
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by… — Swami Vivekananda
- Be yourself no matter how hard it is. Some people will love you some will hate you. Don't give a shit to… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and… — James A. Baldwin
- Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama