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Philosopher Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A…
- 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…
- When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word;…
- Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are saying it, and…
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- Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions. — Isaiah Berlin
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- It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind… — Edward de Bono
- It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. — Edward de Bono