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When I am furious about something, I sometimes beat the ground or a tree with my walking stick. But I certainly do not believe that the ground is to blame or that my beating can help anything... And all rites are of this kind.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ludwig Wittgenstein's Popular Quotes

How small a thought it takes to fill a life.

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What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.

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An image is not a picture, but a picture can correspond to it.

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When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly .

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Only describe, don't explain.

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Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

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We learn by rearranging what we know.

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All I know is what I have words for.

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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein
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