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Famous quotes by Philosophers

"Action may not bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action"
William James, Philosopher
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"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings"
Socrates, Philosopher
Socrates
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"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant"
Socrates, Philosopher
Socrates
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"As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent"
Socrates, Philosopher
Socrates
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"A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true"
Socrates, Philosopher
Socrates
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"Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them"
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher
Immanuel Kant
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"Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason"
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher
Immanuel Kant
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"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope"
Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher
Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience"
John Stuart Mill, Philosopher
John Stuart Mill
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"How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it?"
Robert Brault, Philosopher
Robert Brault
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"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead"
Robert Brault, Philosopher
Robert Brault
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"Looking back, you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again"
Robert Brault, Philosopher
Robert Brault
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"In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties"
Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer
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"After your death you will be what you were before your birth"
Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer
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"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
Alfred A. Montapert
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"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
Søren Kierkegaard
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"People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"Books had instant replay long before televised sports"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"A half-truth is usually less than half of that"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life"
Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher
Emile M. Cioran
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"The limit of every pain is an even greater pain"
Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher
Emile M. Cioran
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"A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed"
Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher
Emile M. Cioran
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"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation"
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
Jeremy Bentham
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"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government"
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
Jeremy Bentham
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"Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord "
Swami Sivananda, Philosopher
Swami Sivananda
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"Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly"
Swami Sivananda, Philosopher
Swami Sivananda
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"Forget, like a child, any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred"
Swami Sivananda, Philosopher
Swami Sivananda
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