💬 Quotes
4,434 quotes from great books
"Arms and the man I sing, who first from the coasts of Troy, exiled by fate, came to Italy and Lavinian shores."
— The Aeneidby Virgil
"Facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est."
— The Aeneidby Virgil
"Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento (hae tibi erunt artes), pacique imponere morem, parcere subiectis et debellare superbos."
— The Aeneidby Virgil
"Life is a game. It's a game of survival. If you don't fight, you'll be killed."
— Battle Royaleby Kōshun Takami
"In this world, there is no such thing as being fair. There is only the living and the dead."
— Battle Royaleby Kōshun Takami
"The darkness of the human heart is bottomless. When you are pushed to the limit, you will see it for yourself."
— Battle Royaleby Kōshun Takami
"Don't ever give up. Even if it's only for one more second, try to live. That's the only way you can ever win."
— Battle Royaleby Kōshun Takami
"If you look at this through the eyes of the government, this is a necessary sacrifice for the stability of the nation."
— Battle Royaleby Kōshun Takami
"We were friends yesterday, but today we are enemies. This is the reality they forced upon us."
— Battle Royaleby Kōshun Takami
"A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager."
— Around the world in eighty daysby Jules Verne
"I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new."
— Around the world in eighty daysby Jules Verne
"What is the use of being an Englishman, if you don't know how to be proud of your country?"
— Around the world in eighty daysby Jules Verne
"Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour of the world in eighty days?"
— Around the world in eighty daysby Jules Verne
"In this world, it is necessary to live one's life as if it were a matter of time, for time is the only thing we truly possess."
— Around the world in eighty daysby Jules Verne
"Je n'ai pas l'intention de vous rendre visite, Clarice. Le monde est tellement plus intéressant avec vous dedans."
— Le silence des agneauxby Thomas Harris