philosophy Quotes

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

Man is what he believes.

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.