There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

About Cicero

Portrait of Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the...

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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
(Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex)

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This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

—Bertrand Russell

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

—Bertrand Russell

By all means marry: if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts lead us back to God.

—Francis Bacon

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Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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