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A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. (Quote by - Lee Segall)

Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illnesses. (Quote by - Jean Baptiste Moli re)

Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing. (Quote by - Goethe)

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. (Quote by - Jean-paul Satre)

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. (Quote by - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland)

When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time. (Quote by - Antonio Porchia)

If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. (Quote by - Russian Proverb)

Who depends on another man's table often dines late. (Quote by - John Ray)

The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? (Quote by - Chuang Tzu)

To teach how to live with uncertainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can still do for those who study it. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy. (Quote by - Voltaire)

The unrest which keeps the never-stopping clock metaphysics going is the thought that the non-existence of this world is just as possible as its existence. (Quote by - William James)

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. (Quote by - Georg Hegel)

Romanticism is the expression of man's urge to rise above reason and common sense, just as rationalism is the expression of his urge to rise above theology and emotion. (Quote by - Charles Yost)

I am a part of all that I have met. (Quote by - Alfred Lord Tennyson)

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. (Quote by - E. W. Dijkstra)

Oh, Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry a future Ghost within us; but are, in very deed, Ghosts! (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)

Queen of arts, and daughter of heaven. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. (Quote by - Francois De La Rochefoucauld)

By daily dying I have come to be. (Quote by - Theodore Roethke)

O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. (Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Facts often contradict with truths. (Quote by - David H.k. Leung)

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool. (Quote by - Michael Reed)

You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. (Quote by - Antoine de Saint-Exup ry)

It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)

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