Philosophy Quote by David Hume

“From Jane Collier's "An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting" - In short, keep up in your mind the true spirit of contradiction…

— Jane Collier

What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?

— Christopher Marlowe

While the poet entertains he continues to search for eternal truths, for the essence of being. In his own fashion he tries to solve…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

“As I sat, a train of reflection occurred to me, which led me to consider the effects of what I was now doing. Three…

— Mary Shelley

“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to…

— Herman Melville

“Mistrust all those in whom the desire to punish is imperative - Goethe”

— Goethe Johann-Wolfgang

“th' unconquerable will,/ And study of revenge, immortal hate,/ And courage never to submit or yield/ And what is else not to be overcome?”

— John Milton

“Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?”

— Jean Said Makdisi

“I know, 0 Caesar, that thou art awaiting my arrival with impatience, that thy true heart of a friend is yearning day and night…

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

“...There, as the sacred mysteries tell us, the Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones occupy the first places; but, unable to yield to them, and impatient…

— Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola

“Persecution and revenge, like courtship and toadyism, will not prosper without a considerable expenditure of time and ingenuity,”

— George Eliot

“During the long nights in the caves, how many Hamlets must have murmured their endless monologues—for it is likely that the apogee of metaphysical…

— Emil Cioran