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God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please – you can never have both. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Philosophy is nothing but common sense in a dress suit. – Author unknown

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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. – Ambrose Bierce, Epigrams

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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651

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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. – John Burroughs

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