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Quote by John Burroughs
One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not

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

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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

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History
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. – John Burroughs

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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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I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of another boy. – Woody Allen

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What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. – George Berkeley

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Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines. – Bertrand Russell

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