--- title: "3 Really Philosopher Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Really Philosopher quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Really Philosopher sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/james-fenimore-cooper-12459_abstract_i-sometimes-wish-i-had-been-educated-a-c_300010.jpg" --- > [I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenimore-cooper/i-sometimes-wish-i-had-been-educated-a-catholic-in-order-to-unite-the/) [James Fenimore Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenimore-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/james-fenimore-cooper-12459_abstract_i-sometimes-wish-i-had-been-educated-a-c_300010.jpg) > [“Who would be a more suitable leader of a city or more worthy to rule over people than a philosopher? It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-irvine/who-would-be-a-more-suitable-leader-of-a-city-or-more-worthy-to-rule/) [William Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-irvine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/william-irvine-172722_leadership_who-would-be-a-more-suitable-leader-of-a_1181711.jpg) > [“That young man with the long, auburn hair and the impudent face—that young man was not really a poet; but surely he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/that-young-man-with-the-long-auburn-hair-and-the-impudent-face-that-2/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/g-k-chesterton-224_biology_that-young-man-with-the-long-auburn-hair_2442038.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/really-philosopher/#itemlist", "name": "Really Philosopher Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? 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