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" It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise. "

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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" Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. "

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" A nothing will serve just as well as a something about which nothing could be said. "

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" Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didn't find it so horrible. There are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them. "

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" The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. "

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" A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. "

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" 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.' "

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