Quotes Flashcards

1
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident”

A

Declaration of Independence

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2
Q

To be, or not to be: that is the question

A

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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3
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others

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Animal Farm by George
Orwell

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4
Q

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very
existence is an act of rebellion

A

The Plague by Albert Camus

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5
Q

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

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Genesis, Bible

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6
Q

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be
in want of a wife

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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7
Q

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves

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Julius Caesar by William
Shakespeare

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8
Q

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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9
Q

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds
wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may
act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible

A

Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence

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10
Q

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Title of the novel by Gabriel García Márquez

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11
Q

The unexamined life is not worth living

A

Apology by Socrates

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12
Q

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

A

The Soul of Man Under
Socialism by Oscar Wilde

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13
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

A

Edmund Burke

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14
Q

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will

A

Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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15
Q

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

A

Mark
8:36, Bible

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16
Q

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer

A

Albert
Camus

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17
Q

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul

A

Emily Dickinson

18
Q

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

19
Q

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

A

Lao Tzu

20
Q

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost

A

The Lord of the Rings by
J.R.R. Tolkien

21
Q

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be
in want of a wife.

A

Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice”

22
Q

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest
accomplishment.

A

Ralph Waldo Emerson

23
Q

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”

A

John Green, “Looking for Alaska”

24
Q

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans

A

Allen Saunders (often
misattributed to John Lennon)

25
Q

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

A

Nelson
Mandela

26
Q

Not all those who wander are lost

A

J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings

27
Q

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

A

George Eliot

28
Q

In the end, we’ll all become stories

A

Margaret Atwood, “The Blind Assassin”

29
Q

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

A

Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere’s Fan”

30
Q

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what
comes next.

A

Ursula K. Le Guin

31
Q

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past

A

F. Scott
Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”

32
Q

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter

A

E.E. Cummings

33
Q

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

A

J.K. Rowling,
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

34
Q

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain
defeat

A

Ralph Ellison, “Invisible Man”

35
Q

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting
for.

A

J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Two Towers”

36
Q

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to
have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

A

Ralph Waldo Emerson

37
Q

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

A

J.R.R. Tolkien, “The
Fellowship of the Ring”

38
Q

The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your
situation. But you have a choice about how you view it

A

Chris Pine

39
Q

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

A

Kurt
Vonnegut, Mother Night

40
Q

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.”

A

J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter
and the Philosopher’s Stone