One cannot say of anything that it is and is not in the same... - Ludwig Wittgenstein

"One cannot say of anything that it is and is not in the same respect and at the same time."

Ludwig Wittgenstein Truth

Philosopher Austrian-British 1889–1951

More from Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."

"A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably."

"The world is everything that is the case."

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."