"A honourable death is better than a pointless death. Martyrdom is the price we pay for freedom."

People of Iran fighting for freedom

"Quiet proof beats loud claims under amber skies while receipts learn to sing."

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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

First Inaugural Address

"That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Gettysburg Address

"I think, therefore I am."

Discourse on the Method

"To be, or not to be, that is the question."

Hamlet

"All that glitters is not gold."

The Merchant of Venice

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

Tao Te Ching

"Knowledge is power."

Meditationes Sacrae

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Plato's Apology

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

Pride and Prejudice

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

A Tale of Two Cities

"Please, sir, I want some more."

Oliver Twist

"Call me Ishmael."

Moby-Dick

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

The Importance of Being Earnest

"To thine own self be true."

Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

Hamlet

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

Hamlet

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

Julius Caesar

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Romeo and Juliet

"Now is the winter of our discontent."

Richard III

"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble."

Macbeth

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

A Midsummer Night's Dream

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

Twelfth Night

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

The Tempest

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."

Walden

"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."

Self-Reliance

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

Self-Reliance

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

Attributed interview

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

Attributed interview

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

Attributed

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

Attributed

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

Inaugural Address

"The buck stops here."

Desk sign

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

Berlin Wall Speech

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation."

Gettysburg Address

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people."

Gettysburg Address

"The die is cast."

Attributed by Suetonius and Plutarch

"Veni, vidi, vici."

Attributed historical phrase

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

English rendering of Veni, vidi, vici

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

Julius Caesar

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

As You Like It

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet."

Romeo and Juliet

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

Henry IV, Part 2

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on."

The Tempest

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Hamlet

"The better part of valour is discretion."

Henry IV, Part 1

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy

"The child is father of the man."

My Heart Leaps Up

"Hope is the thing with feathers."

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