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Philosophy Quotes by George Eliot
- The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
- There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived…
- Plain women he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science.
- But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.
- There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of theroom, and to have a discussion coolly waived when…
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
- How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
- Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
- We live on the leash of our senses. — Diane Ackerman
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon