Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.

That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, read more

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.

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 question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can read more

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

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.

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.

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

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

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.