Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Every person possesses a darkness and a light within."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Philosophy asks the questions that science cannot answer."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The human heart, that strange instrument, is perhaps the greatest mystery of nature."
Stendhal
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"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking."
Stendhal
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"Vanity is the sole of all evil in society."
Stendhal
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"There is a vast difference between what people think they think and what they actually believe."
Stendhal
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"The human heart is an inexhaustible subject of study."
Stendhal
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"Ideas are not mine, they belong to the world."
George Sand
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"There is nothing so dangerous as the pursuit of a rational wish."
Frances Burney
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"The heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions."
Frances Burney
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"A man may have good virtues and yet be contemptible upon the whole."
Henry Fielding
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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Henry Fielding
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"The heart knows truths that the mind struggles to comprehend."
Henry Fielding
"Pride precedes destruction."
Daniel Defoe
"The human heart is a battlefield."
Daniel Defoe
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"In the human heart, there is a perpetual warfare between reason and passion."
Laurence Sterne
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"To understand a man, one must consider the whole scheme of his life."
Laurence Sterne
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"The greatest human achievement is the understanding of human nature."
Laurence Sterne
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"In the theater of life, we are both audience and actor."
Laurence Sterne
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"The human heart is capable of every absurdity and every beauty."
Laurence Sterne
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"In the grand tapestry of existence, every thread is essential."
Laurence Sterne
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"We create our own sufferings through the stories we tell ourselves."
Ann Radcliffe
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"An examined life reveals its own truths."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Mystery is where the soul finds its deepest nourishment."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Our demons are often the teachers we most need."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The misfortune of being envied is greater than that of being hated."
Stendhal
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"Character is destiny."
Stendhal
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"A man wrapped up in himself makes a small package."
Stendhal
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"The soul grows by what it contemplates."
Frances Burney
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"The world in general is well enough; it is mankind that is corrupted."
Henry Fielding