Quote by Henry Adams
Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. - Henry Adams

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. – Henry Adams

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American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. – Henry Adams

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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. – Alfred North Whitehead

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I was thrown out of N.Y.U. my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final. You know, I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me. – Woody Allen

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Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself. – Socrates, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives

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A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. – Ambrose Bierce

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