Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"I learned that showing weakness is sometimes the greatest strength."
Cleopatra VII
C
"To rule is to accept that you will be blamed for things beyond your control."
Cleopatra VII
C
"The art of survival is the art of knowing when to advance and when to yield."
Cleopatra VII
C
"In the end, character determines destiny more than circumstance."
Cleopatra VII
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"To understand war, one must first understand himself."
Hannibal
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"What is victory if one loses the very thing worth fighting for?"
Hannibal
"The measure of a man's intelligence is his capacity to entertain conflicting ideas."
Mark Antony
"In the heart of every man lives both the capacity for greatness and for ruin."
Mark Antony
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"The die is cast, and with it, our fates are sealed by the choices we make in moments of clarity."
Marcus Brutus
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"Every man is capable of both greatness and ruin."
Marcus Brutus
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"The corruption of the best becomes the worst."
Marcus Brutus
M
"The state of a nation is the state of its men's hearts."
Marcus Brutus
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"The enemy within is far more dangerous than the enemy without."
Marcus Brutus
M
"A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand, nor can a man."
Marcus Brutus
M
"A kingdom's strength lies not in its walls but in its people."
Marcus Brutus
M
"To serve the greater good, one must often sacrifice the smaller."
Marcus Brutus
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"What dies in us when we abandon our principles can never be revived."
Scipio Africanus
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"In the silence between battles, we find who we truly are."
Scipio Africanus
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"The words we speak create the world we inhabit."
Pompey
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"The seeds of today's actions grow into tomorrow's consequences."
Pompey
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"The measure of a man is not his victories, but how he conducts himself in defeat."
Hannibal
H
"The wealth of a nation is measured not in gold, but in the character of its people."
Hannibal
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"In the crucible of conflict, men's true natures are revealed."
Hannibal
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"The greatest lesson I have learned is that pride precedes the deepest fall."
Hannibal
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"I have learned that the greatest enemies are often within our own minds."
Hannibal
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"Every man has within him the capacity for both greatness and destruction."
Hannibal
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"The voice of reason often whispers where the voice of ambition shouts."
Hannibal
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"The pursuit of victory must never blind us to the cost of victory."
Hannibal
"Words are weapons; use them wisely or suffer the consequences."
Mark Antony
"The pursuit of power corrupts; the pursuit of purpose ennobles."
Mark Antony