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Small: Man knows much more than he understands
"Man knows much more than he understands"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
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Small: It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: If a lion could talk, we could not understand him
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: I dont know why we are here, but Im pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out i
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: For a truly religious man nothing is tragic
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"For a truly religious man nothing is tragic"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: Dont get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole sin
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite te
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: An inner process stands in need of outward criteria
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"An inner process stands in need of outward criteria"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A picture is a fact
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A picture is a fact"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A philosophical problem has the form: I dont know my way about
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A mans thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusio
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards as long as it does not occur t
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: A confession has to be part of your new life
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A confession has to be part of your new life"
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
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Small: There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one o
"There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude
"No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make se
"We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification
"Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: Good tests kill flawed theories we remain alive to guess again
"Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understoo
"Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable and in so far as it is not fa
"In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of te
"Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths
"Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
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Small: The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself that is
"The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress"
Helene Deutsch, Psychologist
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Small: Why does God endow us with compassion?
"Why does God endow us with compassion?"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn.
"One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I hav
"If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can
"I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: A man endures misfortune without complaint
"A man endures misfortune without complaint"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done
"I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is cente
"You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea t
"Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act
"The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can
"There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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