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    No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.

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Why should not grave Philosophy be styled.
Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,
A dreamer, yet read more

Why should not grave Philosophy be styled.
Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,
A dreamer, yet more spiritless and dull?

by William Wordsworth Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

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Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to
be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and read more

Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to
be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and intelligibly
recorded.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

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Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.

Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.

by John Selden Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he read more

No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was.

by Frank Lloyd Wright Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

by Rene Descartes Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.

The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.

by Epictetus Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

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