Philosopher Quotes

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Sleep is a state in which a great part of every life is passed. No animal has yet been discovered, whose existence is not varied… — Samuel Johnson
There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a great… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary. — Patrick F. McManus
After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper… — Hannah More
Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil — Mark Twain
In Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau sets forth a deep and shining vision of spirituality, one that guides the reader into the contemplative life and the… — Sue Monk Kidd
The great critic â€¦ must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things. — W. Somerset Maugham
Thereâ€™s a real question as to what beauty is and why itâ€™s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions and tell us… — Roger Scruton
Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever. — Simon Gray
A few modern philosopher's assert that an individual's intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest and react against… — Alfred Binet
That is the first thing to learn â€” not to seek. When you seek you are really only window-shopping. The question of whether or not… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The best physician is also a philosopher. — Galen
Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers. — Thomas Piketty
The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. — Bryan Magee
A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that,… — James Payn
The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing… — Vilhjalmur Stefansson
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as… — Vincent Canby
The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should noise… — Henry Thomas Buckle
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any… — Alice Stone Blackwell
Everyone now agrees that a physics lacking all connection with mathematics ... would only be an historical amusement, fitter for entertaining the idle than for… — Franz Karl Achard

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