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> [“I have wasted a lot of time living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/i-have-wasted-a-lot-of-time-living/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

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## More by Michael Oakeshott

> [“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/there-is-no-wealth-but-life-life-including-all-its-powers-of-love-of/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“For there is not so complete and perfect a part that we know of nature, which does not owe the being it has, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/for-there-is-not-so-complete-and-perfect-a-part-that-we-know-of/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“to think nothing about the opinion of his society (if he be in any sense a member) is to be unconsciously influenced by it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/to-think-nothing-about-the-opinion-of-his-society-if-he-be-in-any/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“For history and for science facts are self-evident and are the subject-matter of these studies, but for philosophy they are the most puzzling things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/for-history-and-for-science-facts-are-self-evident-and-are-the/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“To theorize’ means, to see as a whole. The actual is a small part of the whole, or a single aspect of it, which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/to-theorize-means-to-see-as-a-whole-the-actual-is-a-small-part-of-the/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“Image the whole, then execute the parts— Fancy the fabric Quite, ere you build, ere steel strike fire from quartz Ere mortar dab brick!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/image-the-whole-then-execute-the-parts-fancy-the-fabric-quite-ere-you/)

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> [“the first rule of Moritz Haupt for interpreting the classics,—‘Man soll nicht übersetzen.’ \[‘Do not translate’:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/the-first-rule-of-moritz-haupt-for-interpreting-the-classics-man-soll/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“Property was thus appall’d / That the self was not the same / Single nature’s double name / Neither two nor one was call’d.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/property-was-thus-appall-d-that-the-self-was-not-the-same-single/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“a child might possibly change his country; a man can only wish that he might change it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/a-child-might-possibly-change-his-country-a-man-can-only-wish-that-he/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“England in August 1914 was more of a state than she was during the great industrial strikes of 1911–1912.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/england-in-august-1914-was-more-of-a-state-than-she-was-during-the/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“To define a thing is to see it clearly, to see it as distinct from other things and at the same time to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/to-define-a-thing-is-to-see-it-clearly-to-see-it-as-distinct-from/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“in modern philosophy, the first glimpse of the true view of the conception of ‘might is right’ as applying to government is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/in-modern-philosophy-the-first-glimpse-of-the-true-view-of-the/)

[Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-oakeshott/)

> [“The process of experiencing is well described by Goethe when he says that our life is made up of our connections with the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/the-process-of-experiencing-is-well-described-by-goethe-when-he-says/)

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> [“For a great state, qua state, is not one which embraces a great population or an extensive territory, but one which achieves a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/for-a-great-state-qua-state-is-not-one-which-embraces-a-great/)

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> [In political activity men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbor for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting point nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-oakeshott/in-political-activity-men-sail-a-boundless-and-bottomless-sea-there/)

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