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The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.
The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
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.]
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
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.
