To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize |
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same. |
True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost, everything becomes its own true good. |
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. |
Two extremes: to exclude reason, to admit reason only. |
Two kinds of persons know Him: those who have a humble heart, and who love lowliness, whatever kind of intellect they may have, high or low; and those who have sufficient understanding to see the truth, whatever opposition they may have to it. |
Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience. |
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. |
Vanity is but the surface. |
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this |
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. |
Venerable, because it has perfect knowledge of man; lovable because it promises the true good. |
We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are |
We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves. |
We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by reasons which have occurred to others |