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4485 Philosopher Quotes

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

Freedom Choose Black White
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Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art Magic Delivered Being truth
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Only thought which does violence to itself is hard enough to shatter myth.

Only thought Does violence Shatter myth
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Very evil people cannot really be imagined dying.

Evil people Imagined dying
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There is no love that is not an echo.

No love An echo
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Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness.

Laughing Cultural industry Mockery Happiness
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True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thought Alone Understand themselves
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The forms of art reflect the history of man more truthfully than do documents themselves.

Art Reflect History More truthfully
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Of the world as it exists, it is not possible to be enough afraid.

World Exists Possible Enough afraid
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In the innermost recesses of humanism, as its very soul, there rages a frantic prisoner who, as a Fascist, turns the world into a prison.

Innermost recesses Humanism Soul Frantic prisoner
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Art respects the masses, by confronting them as that which they could be, rather than conforming to them in their degraded state.

Art Masses Confronting Conforming
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There is no true life within a false life.

True life Within False
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A landscape becomes uglier when an admirer disrupts it with the words 'how beautiful'.
Landscape Uglier Admirer How beautiful
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What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.

Man Happy Healthy Resourceful mind
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The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Most difficult thing In life Know yourself
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Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

More active Travels over Universe Stronger
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Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
Time Wisest All things To light
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Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.

Necessity Strongest Rules everything
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The past is certain, the future obscure.

The past Certain Future obscure
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God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.

God Most ancient No birth
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Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

Hope Good Common All men
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Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.

Intellect Swiftest All things Runs through
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Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Avoid doing Blame others Doing
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One who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature.

Healthy Body Resourceful Soul
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A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.

Multitude Words No proof Prudent mind
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Hope is the most universal of human possessions.

Hope Most universal Human possessions
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If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Excessive wealth Immoderate poverty
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Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.

Many words Wise man Talk Needed
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We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air

We live Summit Solid earth Bottom
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
Pretty face Enough Catch Man
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You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

Abandon ship Just because Control The winds
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

What part Take upon Play The best
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

Greatest problems Our time Many are Schooled
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Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Pride thinks Own happiness Brighter Misfortunes
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Nobody Owns anythings Greater wealth Cheerfulness
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

Only natural Each man Think Own opinions
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What is deferred is not avoided.

What is Deferred Not avoided
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
The lion Own strength Hard were Any man
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There is nothing more inglorious than that glory that is gained by war
Nothing more Inglorious Glory Gained
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The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

Ordinary art Practice Every day More importance
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Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

Some men Snared Beauty alone By virtue
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God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind.

God made Angels Splendor Animals
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.

Absolutely New idea Rarest things Man
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Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.

Fortune Raise up Low Pluck down
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No man shall be blamed in the maintenance of his own religion.

No man Blamed Maintenance Own religion
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Naturally given All men Esteem Own invention
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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.

Gifts Bribes Rich men Executed
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For things will never be perfect, until human beings are perfect - which I don't expect them to be for quite a number of years!

Things Never be Perfect Human being
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For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

Love Won Beauty Not kept
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.

Servant Better Master
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