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During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.

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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

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The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.

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'Twas strange that one so young should thus concern His brain about the action of the sky; If you think 'twas philosophy that this did, I can't help thinking puberty assisted.

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Don't try to lose weight. Take delight in gaining fitness.

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A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

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Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

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I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.

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Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?

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Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

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Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets.

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Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

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Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

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I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy.

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Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find the causes is implanted in man's soul.

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O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. [Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix, expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]

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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.

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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.

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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere

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