Quotes on Philosophical

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Laws are silent in time of war.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.