Posts tagged "philosophy"
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The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.Antisthenes, Greek Philosopher of Athens, Disciple of Socrates, 445-365 BC
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The food is mostly in the absence of the badEnnius
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If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense. Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself. We are all steeped in it, one as much as another; but those who are aware of it are a little better off - though I don’t know.Michel Montaigne
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Unlike dilettantes, career professionals are to knowledge what prostitutes are to love.Nassim Taleb
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There is no more beautiful life than that of a carefree man; Lack of care is a truly painless evil.Sophocles
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The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. -Bertrand Russell
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.Joseph Campbell
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Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth.Archimedes
