Philosophical Sayings

66 sayings found from 66 authors

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

— Carl Linnaeus 18th Century
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

— Hippocrates c. 5th Century BCE
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I avow myself the partisan of truth alone.

— William Harvey 1628
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A Homeland, A State, A Leader.

— Francisco Franco Likely during his rule (1939-1975)
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To kill the grass you must also remove the root.

— Pol Pot Unknown, during Khmer Rouge regime
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There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech.

— Idi Amin Unknown, during his rule (1971-1979)
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Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

— Saddam Hussein Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches)
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Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

— Muammar Gaddafi 1975
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Everything will probably never be okay. But we have to try for it.

— Vladimir Putin 2013
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.

— Benazir Bhutto 1989
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Music is the hidden arithmetical exercise of a mind unconscious that it is calculating.

— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz c. 1677-1716
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Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

— Mary Shelley 1831 (Introduction)
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The censorship of language is the censorship of consciousness.

— Allen Ginsberg Undated, collection published January 31, 2017
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Fear is incomplete knowledge.

— Agatha Christie Throughout her career
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When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

— Arthur Conan Doyle 1890
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Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words: Wait and hope.

— Alexandre Dumas 1844-1845
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Fléctere si néqueo súperos Acheronta movebo - If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.

— Virgil c. 29-19 BCE
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Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).

— Ovid c. 8 CE
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Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

— Vincent van Gogh 1882
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Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

— Rembrandt 17th century (approximate)
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