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O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of read more
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been
without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men
scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.
[Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix,
expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita
hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu
dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
An expert knows all the answers -- if you ask the right questions.
An expert knows all the answers -- if you ask the right questions.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
Good questions outrank easy answers.
Good questions outrank easy answers.
