Philosopher

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Semua pikiran hanyalah catatan kaki bagi Plato.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Musik pada dasarnya tidak berguna, sebagaimana kehidupan: tetapi keduanya memberikan manfaat pada kondisi mereka.

Kekayaan, agama, kemenangan militer memiliki lebih banyak retorika daripada nilai mujarab.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

Mereka yang tidak mengambil pelajaran dari sejarah, maka mereka ditakdirkan untuk mengulanginya.

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.

Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.

Kaki seseorang harus dijejakkan pada negaranya, tapi matanya harus melihat dunia.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.