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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become read more
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
 To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
 [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]  
 To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
 [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.] 
Every clarification breeds new questions.
Every clarification breeds new questions.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices read more
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.