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    I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - The Upton Letters.

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Every clarification breeds new questions.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

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The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.

The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.

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The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though read more

I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though thou art banished.

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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.

by Eleanor Roosevelt Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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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.

by Socrates Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.

He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.

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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.

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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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