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Philosophical literature4 quotes
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. — Socrates · 399 BCMen blaspheme what they do not know. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night. — Socrates · 339 BCIf anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843Religious literature2 quotes
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. — Proverbs 27:1 · 686 BCBiography1 quote
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown. — Rene Magritte · 1970Epic poem1 quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Fantasy1 quote
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy Gale · 1939Fantasy (film)1 quote
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy Gale · 1939Musical1 quote
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy Gale · 1939Musical (film)1 quote
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy Gale · 1939Narrative poem1 quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Political literature1 quote
There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. — Elias Canetti · 1960Science fiction1 quote
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone. — Rod Serling · 1960Science fiction (TV)1 quote
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone. — Rod Serling · 1960Scientific literature1 quote
All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown. — William Harvey · 1628