Famous quotes containing the word basis:
“The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)
“Association with women is the basis of good manners.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
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