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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

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed Wisdom. And then I know exactly what is going to follow: Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Wisdom
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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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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If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Superiority
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Other Quotes from
Prison
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Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying. – Evelyn Waugh

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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

In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all. – Eldridge Cleaver

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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

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It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure. – Herbert Samuel

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I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. – Mark Strand

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Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain. – George Crabbe

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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. – Alexander Pope

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