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Famous quotes

Tots coneixem cites de personalitats famoses en les nostres pròpies llengües i cultures. Però quantes en coneixem en altres llengües? Aquí us oferim l'oportunitat de descobrir la saviesa, les veritats (o mitges veritats!), la creativitat, l'humor i de vegades el cinisme d'un gran nombre de cultures i llengües, així com els seus orígens. Teniu una cita preferida? Ens encantaria que ens ho féssiu saber!

Famous quotes

Tots coneixem cites de personalitats famoses en les nostres pròpies llengües i cultures. Però quantes en coneixem en altres llengües? Aquí us oferim l'oportunitat de descobrir la saviesa, les veritats (o mitges veritats!), la creativitat, l'humor i de vegades el cinisme d'un gran nombre de cultures i llengües, així com els seus orígens. Teniu una cita preferida? Ens encantaria que ens ho féssiu saber!
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98

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

By Geoffrey Willans, English writer and journalist


93

I can never wear beige because nobody will know who I am.

By Queen Elizabeth II


106

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

By attributed to John Lennon
Although the quote that is often attributed to John Lennon, it was actually first used in 1957 in an issue of Reader’s Digest by a man named Allen Saunders.


100

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible.

By Audrey Hepburn, actress and humanitarian


104

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

By Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt


79

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

By Oscar Wilde
In his book "The Picture of Dorian Gray".


105

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

By Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist


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I have nothing to declare but my genius!  

By Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was not known for his modesty! This is, reputedly, Wilde's response to an offical who asked him if he had anything to declare at a customs control in New York in 1882.


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My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.  

By Oscar Wilde
Said by Oscar Wilde who near the end of his life was debt-ridden and ill and his shabby accommodation in Paris did not meet with his aesthetic standards.


99

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

By Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British philosopher