Quotes on Philosophical

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.

When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'

The only secure knowledge is that I exist.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.