Quotes on Philosophical

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.

The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

The wisest have the most authority.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.

The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life.

If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.