Philosopher Quote by Philippa Foot

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains…

— James A. Garfield

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato

Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.

— William Shakespeare

“Since Pawlow and his pupils have succeeded in causing the secretion of saliva in the dog by means of optic and acoustic signals, it…

— Jacques Loeb

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but…

— Plutarch

“Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all.”

— Charles Dickens

And that, in a way, was the burden of being a philosopher: one knew what one had to do, but it was so often…

— Alexander McCall Smith

As our domestic fowls are said to have their original in the wild pheasant of India, so our domestic thoughts have their prototypes in…

— Henry David Thoreau

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

— Socrates

“I am neither a philosopher nor a thinker, but simply follower of my own thoughts.”

— M.F. Moonzajer