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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates

Marriage, Bad, Means

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. Friedrich Nietzsche

Prepare, Which, Determine

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. - Plato

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. Plato

Feeling, Wonder, Begins

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. Denis Diderot

Never, Priest, Whereas

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.' A. P. Martinich

Grammar, Half, Once

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. Jean-Paul Sartre

Which, Still, Became

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams

Dreams, Speculative, His

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? Diogenes

Feelings, Anybody, Use

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. Nicolaus Copernicus

Reason, Extent, Subject

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Desire, Take, His

You may be able to read Bernard Shaw's plays, you may be able to quote Shakespeare or Voltaire or some new philosopher; but if you in yourself are not intelligent, if you are not creative, what is the point of this education? Jiddu Krishnamurti

New, Some, Bernard

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. Thomas Aquinas

Considers, Offence

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? Desiderius Erasmus

Objects, Provided, Emerged

For conclusion, I say the philosopher teacheth, but he teacheth obscurely, so as the learned only can understand him; that is to say, he teacheth them that are already taught. Philip Sidney

Understand, Say, Learned

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. Charles Babbage

Think, Circumstances, Which

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. Bertrand Russell

Some, Give, Certainly

The man of science is a poor philosopher. - Albert Einstein

The man of science is a poor philosopher. Albert Einstein

Science, Man, Poor

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.' Friedrich Nietzsche

Divine, Fine Art, Piety

I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist. Philip K. Dick

I Am, Am, Novelist

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. Wallace Stevens

Existence, Poet, Exists

The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosopher's or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself, and that is why you must know yourself - Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Know Yourself, Immaturity

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. Thomas Aquinas

Big, Poetic, Fables

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man. David Hume

Man, Still, Your

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Never, Like, Boxer

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. Ambrose Bierce

Analyze, His, Delusions

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. Rene Descartes

Been, Another, Cannot

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