“In practice people who study philosophy too long become very odd birds, not to say thoroughly vicious; while even those who are the best of them are reduced by...[philosophy] to complete uselessness as members of society.”
― Republic
― Republic
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“…if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.”
― The Republic and Other Works
― The Republic and Other Works
“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted By Ali Baba And The Bunch On Rainy Days
― The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted By Ali Baba And The Bunch On Rainy Days
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