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No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he read more
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant
jade on a journey.
This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant
jade on a journey.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every
assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every
assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is read more
How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.
The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the read more
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.
