Category: philosopher
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Without electricity, the air would rot.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.
Aristotle
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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
Marcus Aurelius
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius
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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
William James
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Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel.
John Ruskin
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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
Bertrand Russell
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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
William James
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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
John Ruskin