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Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human. Desiderius Erasmus
Ignorance Illusion Live Believe Philosophers Folly Only Misery Protesting Hear Human Deception Now
What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? Desiderius Erasmus
You Think Philosopher Those Emerged Shadows Objects Only Sees Various Marvel Miss Between Know Content Real Provided Cave Difference Who Plato Things Images
Calumny is only the noise of madmen. Diogenes
Noise Madmen Only Calumny
No man is hurt but by himself. Diogenes
Man Hurt Himself
The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them. Diogenes
Too Sun Polluted Them
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Diogenes
Wise Distinguish Counselors Generally Takes Leaders Wise Person Because Person Them Themselves
Psychologically experienced consciousness is therefore no longer pure consciousness; construed Objectively in this way, consciousness itself becomes something transcendent, becomes an event in that spatial world which appears, by virtue of consciousness, to be transcendent. Edmund Husserl
World Pure Virtue Way Objectively Something Longer Becomes Itself Transcendent Experienced Psychologically Which Spatial Therefore Appears Event Consciousness
Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all. Emil Cioran
Life Decision Futility Must Since Most Exist Irrational Then
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. Emil Cioran
Criticism Others Ourselves Must Misconception Read Understand
The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility. Emil Cioran
Man Live Suicide Characteristic Neither Never Attention Obsession Nor Impossibility Die Double Who Whose
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot. Emil Cioran
Others Ourselves Would Vanish See Could Spot Us
There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be. Emil Cioran
Proving Than Preferable Means
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. Emil Cioran
Destroyed Only Civilization Gods
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory. Emil Cioran
Life Memory Imagination Deficiencies Our Possible Only
I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers. Emil Cioran
Day Nothing Telegram Shall Read Prayers Foresee
One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other. Emil Cioran
Language Country Other Fatherland Our Does Inhabit
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. Emil Cioran
Silence Conversation Invention Pay Back Must Reveals How Dearly Essentials Middle Us Sudden Suddenly Brings Speech
I lost my sleep, and this is the greatest tragedy that can befall someone. It is much worse than sitting in prison. Emil Cioran
Prison Lost Worse Someone Greatest Befall Tragedy Than Sitting Much Sleep
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. Epictetus
World Wealth Unhappy Master Though He Most Does Regard Whoever Ample
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. Epictetus
Endeavor Those Excel Excellent Most Themselves Should Things Desires
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. Epictetus
Control Take Thy Passions Thee Lest
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit. Epictetus
Angry You Evil Increased Assured Only Habit Whenever Present
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return? Epictetus
You Wife Lost Say Case Never Also Dead Return Returned Child Any Estate Deprived Your Your Child Such A Thing Thing
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly. Epictetus
Laugh Often Much
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death. Ernest Renan
Death Men Nation Those Puts Greatest
All history is incomprehensible without Christ. Ernest Renan
History Christ Without Incomprehensible
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