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Philosophical literature4 quotes
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils. — Socrates · 375 BCThere is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it. — Cicero · 44 BCWhat I understand by "philosopher": a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1908Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? "What sinews are those?"-A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolution; unerring decisions. — Epictetus · 108Autobiography and memoir2 quotes
What I understand by "philosopher": a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1908No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817Satire1 quote
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to county, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is only a vagabond. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1761