Category: philosopher
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Bertrand Russell
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Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization.
Maria Montessori
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‘Ego’.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
John Ruskin
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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Adam Smith
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I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
Henry David Thoreau