philosophy Quotes

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

I teach that all men are mad.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

All art is but imitation of nature.