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Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Other quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Truth
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Not every religion has to have St. Augustines attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesnt prevent it being a religious ceremony. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Attitude
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Prison
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The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and mangled mind leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict. – Elizabeth Drew

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Prison

We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are born but to the liberty of the house; prisoners still, though within larger walls; and then all our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. – John Donne

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Prison

A fly and a flea in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the Flea, Let us fly!
Said the Fly, Let us flee!
So they fled through a flaw in the flue. – Anon.

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Prison

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesnt know where to die. – Antonio Gramsci

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Prison

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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. – Dag Hammarskjold

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When the stomach is full the heart is glad. – Dutch proverb

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