Philosophical Quotes
1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
— Saint Augustine
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
— Saint Augustine
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
— Saint Augustine
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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
— Saint Augustine
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
— Saint Augustine
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
— Saint Augustine
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
— Saint Augustine
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To seek the highest good is to live well.
— Saint Augustine
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
— Saint Augustine
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
— Saint Augustine
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
— Saint Augustine
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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
— Saint Augustine
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There is no possible source of evil except good.
— Saint Augustine
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Confine yourself to the present.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
— Marcus Aurelius
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How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Poverty is the mother of crime.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
— Marcus Aurelius
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