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“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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“Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman, 106 BC-43 BC)

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“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”

Confucius quotes (China's most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC)

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“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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“Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it”

Francis Bacon, Sr. quotes (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)

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“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”

Bertrand Russell quotes (English Logician and Philosopher 1872-1970)

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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“If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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