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‘500 Quotes: an Original Selection’ is a cherry-picked collection of quotes from some of the most important figures in history.

Covering topics such as freedom, politics, art, science, and personal development, this is an inspiring read.

Whether you dip in and out of it or devour it from cover to cover, this book has something for everyone.



Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a theoretical physicist, who is best remembered for developing the Theory of Relativity. Anne Frank (1929 – 1945) was a Jewish girl who, with her family, hid in an annexe for two years, hoping to avoid capture by the Nazis. Her diaries document their daily lives in this period.

Born in Italy, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was an artist, inventor, scientist, and sculptor, who is best known for painting the ‘Mona Lisa.’ One of the pioneers of Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180) was a Roman emperor and a revered philosopher. One of the founders of analytical psychology, Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) was a Swiss psychoanalyst and psychologist, who had a huge impact on psychology as a science.