He is as poor, as one might imagine an itinerant philosopher to be. Yet, as the weeks go by, I see he is unfailingly generous to all of us who lives in the house. I am grateful to have a friend. Copy quote Share Mistake in quote? Leave a comment Little WomenJosephine "Joe" MarchPoor, PovertyGenerosityFriends, FriendshipPositive Quotes
Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. Copy quote Share Mistake in quote? Leave a comment BoethiusSilence
Reality — the dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum. Copy quote Share Mistake in quote? Leave a comment Ambrose BierceThe Devil's DictionaryRealityIllusionsEmptinessMeaningful Quotes
A process which led from the amœba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress — though whether the amœba would agree with this opinion is not known. Copy quote Share Mistake in quote? Leave a comment Bertrand RussellProcessHuman, PeopleSarcastic Quotes
Poverty — a file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. The number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about it. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.Show full quote Copy quote Share Mistake in quote? Leave a comment Ambrose BierceThe Devil's DictionaryPovertyReformFaithIronic Quotes