In writing, citations are resources that help to enhance a text. By using them, the evaluator can better understand the candidate's knowledge of the world.
There is no correct place to use a citation, that is, they can appear in the introduction, development or conclusion of the text. The most important thing is to relate it to something you want to argue about and, therefore, it shouldn't be a loose sentence.
Generally, the most used quotes in essays are from philosophers, writers, artists and theorists. To help you, check below. 25 quotes from various topics which can further enrich your Enem, college entrance exam or even school essay.
1. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”
Author: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), former president of South Africa
Theme: essay on education
2. “The biggest mistake a man can make is to sacrifice his health to any other advantage..”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher
Theme: health essay
3. “Never look down on depressed people. Depression is the last stage of human pain.”
Author: Augusto Cury (1958), Brazilian psychiatrist
Theme: writing about depression
4. “Violence in the hands of the people is not violence but justice.”
author: Eva Perón (1919-1952), Argentine politician
Theme: essay on violence
5. “Nature doesn't do miracles, it makes revelations.”
Author: Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1087), Brazilian writer
Theme: writing on the environment
6. “Prejudice is opinion without knowledge.”
Author: Voltaire (1694-1778), French philosopher
Theme: essay on prejudice
7. “The internet is polluting, not ecologically, but spiritually.”
Author: Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018), Brazilian journalist
Theme: internet essay
8. “True happiness is in the house itself, among the joys of the family.”
Author: Leon Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian writer
Theme: essay about family
9. “Make your life a reflection of the society you want.”
Author: Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian activist
Theme: writing about society
10. “Advertising is one of the most interesting and difficult forms of modern literature..”
Author: Aldous Huxley (1864-1963), English writer
Theme: advertising writing
11. “Art is the lie that allows us to know the truth.”
Author: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish artist
Theme: writing about art
12. “The hallmark of consumer culture is the reduction of 'being' to 'having'.”
Author: John Piper (1946), American pastor
Theme: essay on consumption
13. “It is necessary to raise the people to the level of culture and not lower culture to the level of the people.”
author: Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), French intellectual
Theme: writing about culture
14. “Inclusion happens when you learn from differences and not from equalities.”
Author: Paulo Freire (1921-1997), Brazilian educator
Theme: essay on inclusion
15. “Reading a good book is like talking to the best minds of the past.”
Author: René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher
Theme: writing about reading
16. “Choose a job you like and you won't have to work a day in your life.”
Author: Confucius (551 a. C.-479 a. C.), Chinese philosopher
Theme: essay about work
17. “No human quality is more intolerable than intolerance.”
Author: Giacomo Leopard (1798-1837), Italian writer
Theme: essay on intolerance
18. “The world will never be peaceful until the patriotism of the human race is extinguished.”
Author: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish journalist
Theme: essay on racism
19. “What is very difficult is for you to overcome the secular injustice that tears Brazil apart in two different countries: the country of the privileged and the country of the dispossessed.”
Author: Ariano Suassuna (1927-2014), Brazilian writer
Theme: essay on social inequality in Brazil
20. “There are only two social classes, those who do not eat and those who do not sleep for fear of the revolution of those who do not eat.”
Author: Milton Santos (1926-2001), Brazilian geographer
Theme: essay on social inequality
21. “It's not crises that change the world, but our reaction to them.”
Author: Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017), Polish sociologist
Theme: writing about crises
22. “The bravest act is to think for yourself. Out loud!”
author: Coco Chanel (1883-1971), French stylist
Theme: essay on freedom of expression
23. “Water is nature's vehicle.”
Author: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian polymath
Theme: essay on the importance of water
24. “We are all equal and have the right to pursue our own version of happiness.”
Author: Barack Obama (1961), former president of the United States
Theme: essay on freedom of rights
25. “It has become shockingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
Author: Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German physicist
Theme: writing about technology
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