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Famous quotes by Philosophers

"Liberty is the right to do what the law permits"
Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher
Charles de Montesquieu
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"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine"
Socrates, Philosopher
Socrates
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"A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants"
Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer
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"In law, a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics, he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so"
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher
Immanuel Kant
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"Every time you get angry, you poison your own system"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
Alfred A. Montapert
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"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
Alfred A. Montapert
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"Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
Alfred A. Montapert
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"Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
Bernard Williams
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"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late"
Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher
Emile M. Cioran
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"One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other"
Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher
Emile M. Cioran
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"A man's character is his fate"
Heraclitus, Philosopher
Heraclitus
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"The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative"
John Dewey, Philosopher
John Dewey
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"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous"
Zhuang Zi, Philosopher
Zhuang Zi
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"Education is the movement from darkness to light"
Allan Bloom, Philosopher
Allan Bloom
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Science does not know its debt to imagination"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The only way to have a friend is to be one"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend"
Cicero, Philosopher
Cicero
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"Ability without honor is useless"
Cicero, Philosopher
Cicero
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"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child"
Cicero, Philosopher
Cicero
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"My best friend is the man who, in wishing me well, wishes it for my sake"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"Man is by nature a political animal"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Aristotle
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"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws"
Plato, Philosopher
Plato
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"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"
Confucius, Philosopher
Confucius
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"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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