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Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
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.
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to read more
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to
steer.
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.
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all read more
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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.]
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.
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.