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Famous quotes by Philosophers

"If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Art raises its head where creeds relax"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die"
Plato, Philosopher
Plato
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"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
Albert Camus
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"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"The family is one of nature's masterpieces"
George Santayana, Philosopher
George Santayana
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough"
Meister Eckhart, Philosopher
Meister Eckhart
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"Tyranny is always better organized than freedom"
Charles Peguy, Philosopher
Charles Peguy
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"The future influences the present just as much as the past"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Some books leave us free and some books make us free"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Opportunities multiply as they are seized"
Sun Tzu, Philosopher
Sun Tzu
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"Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls"
Heraclitus, Philosopher
Heraclitus
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"But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything"
Alan Watts, Philosopher
Alan Watts
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"Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul"
Democritus, Philosopher
Democritus
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"We have first raised a dust, and then complain we cannot see"
George Berkeley, Philosopher
George Berkeley
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"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"
Sri Aurobindo, Philosopher
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"Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Wit is the epitaph of an emotion"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"Without friends, no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself"
Plato, Philosopher
Plato
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"Love is a serious mental disease"
Plato, Philosopher
Plato
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"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home"
Confucius, Philosopher
Confucius
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