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Antisthenes: As iron is...

Antisthenes: As iron is...

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

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Gaston Bachelard: Literary imagination is...

Gaston Bachelard: Literary imagination is...

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

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Giambattista Vico: Uniform ideas originating...

Giambattista Vico: Uniform ideas originating...

Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of...

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Friedrich Engels: Some laws of...

Friedrich Engels: Some laws of...

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

Source: In The...

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Bernard Mandeville: The only thing...

Bernard Mandeville: The only thing...

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honour is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one...

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Otto Weininger: Talent is hereditary;...

Otto Weininger: Talent is hereditary;...

Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (e.g., the Bach family); genius is not...

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Gilbert Ryle: Philosophy is the...

Gilbert Ryle: Philosophy is the...

Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.

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B. J. Gupta: God, give me...

B. J. Gupta: God, give me...

God, give me courage to do what I can, humility to admit what I can't, and wisdom to know the...

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Chuang-tzu: Flow with whatever...

Chuang-tzu: Flow with whatever...

Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is...

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Mahatma Gandhi: The difference between...

Mahatma Gandhi: The difference between...

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's...

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Socrates: Children today are...

Socrates: Children today are...

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their...

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Socrates: Pay attention to...

Socrates: Pay attention to...

Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

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Socrates: The unexamined life...

Socrates: The unexamined life...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Source: Apology, (Plato)
-- Socrates,...

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Socrates: Wonder is the...

Socrates: Wonder is the...

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Source: In...

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Socrates: But already it...

Socrates: But already it...

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is...

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Alan W Watts: Some believe all...

Alan W Watts: Some believe all...

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: A picture is...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A picture is...

A picture is a model of reality.

Source: 'Tractatus logico-philosophicus'
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: A man will...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A man will...

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: One often makes...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: One often makes...

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Source: In The...

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Erich Fromm: Conditions for creativity...

Erich Fromm: Conditions for creativity...

Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to...

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