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Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.
Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am read more
Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fund doing it?
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
 Sublime Philosophy!
 Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
  And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
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 Sublime Philosophy!
 Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
  And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
   We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,
    By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth. 
Every clarification breeds new questions.
Every clarification breeds new questions.
 A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in 
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.  
 A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in 
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. 
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
 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.] 
 The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
 That no philosophy can lift.  
 The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
 That no philosophy can lift.