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Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
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Philosopher Quotes
Category:
Austrian Philosopher Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 26, 1889
Date of Death:
April 29, 1951
Nationality:
Austrian
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Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The face is the soul of the body.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world is independent of my will.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world is the totality of facts, not of things.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

What can be shown, cannot be said.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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