Berühmte zitate aus der literatur

1. "All men must die, but death can vary in its significance. The ancient Chinese writer Szuma Chien said, 'Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.' To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai, but to work for the fascists and die for the exploiters and oppressors is lighter than a feather." - Mao Zedong, "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung"

2. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." - Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice"

3. "To be, or not to be: that is the question." - William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"

4. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." - Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"

5. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." - The Bible, Genesis 1:1

6. "To love another person is to see the face of God." - Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables"

7. "The only way to deal with death is to transform everything that precedes it into art." - Jean-Paul Sartre, "No Exit"

8. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison

9. "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." - Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"

10. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt