A good life is a main argument.
(Ben Jonson: Timber; or Discoveries.)
Κατηγορία: Quotes
Nietzsche, «Convictions…»
Convictions are more dangerous
enemies of truth than lies.
(Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human.)
Augustus de Morgan, «It is easier…»
It is easier to square the circle
than to get round a mathematician.
(Augustus de Morgan: A Budget of Paradoxes.)
Nietzsche, «The union…»
The union of scepticism and yearning
begets mysticism.
(Nietzsche.)
Seneca, «The best ideas…»
The best ideas are common property.
(Seneca: Epistles.)
Galileo Galilei, «It is a beautiful sight…»
It is a beautiful and delightful sight
to behold the body of the Moon.
(Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: “From Doubt to Astonishment”.)
I hear and I forget.
I hear and I forget.
I see and I might remember.
I do and then I understand.
(Chinese Proverb.)
Don’t curse the darkness…
Don’t curse the darkness
— light a candle.
(Chinese Proverb.)
Charles Churchill, «Few have reasons…»
Few have reason, most have eyes.
(Charles Churchill: The Ghost.)
Schopenhauer, «There is…»
There is in us something
wiser than our head.
(Schopenhauer: Counsels and Maxims.)