The new series of human wisdom features clever quotes and sayings from philosophers on a variety of topics:
I can't be faithful to a flag if I don't know whose hands it is in. Peter Ustinov
Without ideals, that is, without at least somewhat defined desires for the best, no good reality can ever emerge. Dostoevsky F. M.
Miracles are where people believe in them, and the more people believe in them, the more often they happen. Denis Diderot
Diseases of the mind are more destructive and more common than diseases of the body. Cicero
Whatever they think of you, do what you think is fair. Pythagoras
In politics, as in grammar, the mistake that everyone makes is proclaimed the rule. Andre Malraux
A man of real character is one who sets meaningful goals for himself and firmly adheres to them, since his individuality would lose all its existence if he were forced to abandon them. Hegel G.
Believing the oaths of a traitor is the same as believing the piety of the devil. Elizabeth I
The brave man avoids danger, but the coward, reckless and defenseless, rushes towards the abyss, which he does not notice because of fear; so the latter rushes towards misfortune, which, perhaps, was not intended for him. Denis Diderot
We begin to value water no sooner than the well dries up. Thomas Fuller
A person's intelligence can be determined by the care with which he considers the future and the outcome of a matter. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
It’s not so bad: we weren’t sold, we were given away for nothing. Karel Capek
A serious illness is initially easy to cure, but difficult to recognize; when it intensifies, it is easy to recognize, but difficult to cure. Machiavelli
You may not be involved in politics, but politics is still involved with you. Charles Montalembert
The more dangerous enemy is the one who pretends to be your friend. Grigory Skovoroda
The main art of a speaker is not to let the art be noticed. Quintilian
Those who believe that money can do anything can actually do anything for the sake of money. George Saville Halifax
Pride from the knowledge that you are entrusted with a secret is the main reason for disclosing it. Samuel Johnson
Money is a good servant, but a bad master. Friedrich Engels
Modesty is a virtue; modesty is a vice. Thomas Fuller
Virtue is manifested in actions and does not need either an abundance of words or an abundance of knowledge. Antisthenes
The most dangerous thing in war is to underestimate the enemy and rest in the belief that we are stronger. V.I.Lenin
The only criterion of truth is experience. Leonardo da Vinci
It's not about predicting the future, but about creating it. Denis de Rougemont
If a people rebels, it is not from the desire to take what belongs to others, but from the inability to preserve what is theirs. Edmund Burke
Delay is like death. Peter I
If you are considered a camel, spit on everyone. Vladimir Goloborodko
The righteous perish in their righteousness, but the wicked endure in their wickedness. Ecclesiastes
There are people who believe that everything that is done with a reasonable appearance is reasonable. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
To reproach a person for his own benefit does not mean to blaspheme, but to admonish him. Isocrates
Women don't follow bad advice, they get ahead of it. Wanda Blonska
Think how difficult it is to change yourself, and you will understand how insignificant your ability to change others is. Voltaire
Knowledge is such a valuable thing that there is no shame in obtaining it from any source. Thomas Aquinas
Misguided charity is not only weakness, but borders on injustice and is very harmful to society because it encourages vice. Henry Fielding
Truth loves criticism, it only benefits from it; lies are afraid of criticism, because they lose from it. Denis Diderot
They condemn what they do not understand. Quintilian
As soon as a fool praises us, he no longer seems so stupid to us. F. La Rochefoucauld
He walked over the corpses of those heading towards the goal. Stanislav Jerzy Lec
When there is nothing to be proud of in the present, they boast about yesterday’s merits. Cicero
One of the conditions for recovery is the desire to get well. Seneca
Who is wise? The one who learns from everyone... Who is the hero? The one who controls his passions. Ben Zoma
The danger of deceiving people is that in the end you begin to deceive yourself. Eleonora Duse
He who shows pity for the enemy is merciless towards himself. George Saville Halifax
No intelligent person has ever considered it possible to trust a traitor. Cicero
It's better not to start than to stop halfway. Seneca
Indecisiveness is worse than a failed attempt; Water spoils less when it flows than when it stands. Roxas
Better an obvious enemy than a vile flatterer and hypocrite; This is such a disgrace to humanity. Peter I
Ignorance is a bad way to get rid of trouble. Seneca
Love is a theorem that must be proven every day. Aristotle
You can't always remain a hero, but you can always remain human. Goethe
The minority is always wrong - at first. Herbert Procnow
Don't neglect your enemies: they are the first to notice your mistakes. Antisthenes
I don’t care what they say about me behind my back as long as they tell lies about me. Abraham Lincoln
For those who are not affected by either glory or danger, it is in vain to persuade him. Sallust
You can fool some all the time, you can fool everyone some of the time, but you cannot fool everyone all the time. Abraham Lincoln
Men are like dogs, the ones who are most attached are the ones you don't keep on a leash. Wanda Blonska
My job is to tell the truth, not force people to believe it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Let us not delude ourselves too much with our victories over nature. For every such victory she takes revenge on us. Friedrich Engels
The measure of justice cannot be a majority of votes. Friedrich Schiller
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a moonless and starless night. Cicero
People of strong and generous character do not change their mood according to their prosperity or their misfortunes. Rene Descartes
The fate of one whom no one envy is unenviable. Aeschylus
The best doctor is the one who knows the uselessness of most drugs. Benjamin Franklin
You cannot preach to people what you deny yourself. Bitter. A. M.
It is better to use medications at the beginning of the disease rather than at the last moment. Publilius Syrus
There is nothing more annoying than seeing a well-spoken word die in the ear of a fool. Montesquieu S.
He who respects himself inspires respect in others. Luc Vauvenargues
Nothing great can come from a corrupt pen. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
He who asks timidly will ask for refusal. Seneca
Circumstances change, principles never. Honore de Balzac
He who is afraid of attacks on his beliefs doubts them himself. Wendell Phillips
An embittered atheist does not so much not believe in God as dislike him. George Orwell
Slander usually attacks worthy people, just as worms preferentially attack the best fruit. Jonathan Swift
Insults are the arguments of the wrong. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
History is a union between the dead, the living and the unborn. Edmund Burke
The answer to the questions that philosophy leaves unanswered is that they must be posed differently. Georg Hegel
Have the courage to use your own mind. Kant, Immanuel
The first cup belongs to thirst, the second to joy, the third to pleasure, the fourth to madness... Anacharsis
A life without challenges is not life. Socrates
Ostentatious simplicity is ostentatious hypocrisy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are some misconceptions that cannot be refuted. It is necessary to impart to the erring mind such knowledge as will enlighten it. Then the delusions will disappear by themselves. Immanuel Kant
A decent person is always a simpleton. Martial
If a person takes care of his own health, then it is difficult to find a doctor who would know better what is beneficial for his health than himself. Socrates
It’s great if we can manage ourselves. Cicero
If you have made a decision, let your hand never waver from now on. As-Samarkandi
The emptiness sucks in. This is why a man is attracted to a woman. Natalie Clifford Barney
If people argue for a long time, this proves that what they are arguing about is not clear to them. Voltaire
Morality always goes hand in hand with politics. If there is no harmony here, then either politicking or dictatorship will be born. Dmitry Volkogonov
Friendship is the golden mean between the desire to please and rudeness. Aristotle
The most durable element of international agreements remains paper. Peter Ustinov
Great things require tireless persistence. Voltaire
Follow your path and let people say whatever they want. Dante
Even if you lose your point of support, you don’t need to crawl on your belly. Valentin Domil
Happiness does not favor the faint-hearted. Sophocles
What should rise to the very top begins at the very bottom. Publilius Syrus
Endure and stay strong for times to come. Virgil
It's hard to be good. Pittacus
Anyone who moves away from an idea ends up with only sensations. Goethe
Respect yourself if you want to be respected. Baltasar Gracian y Morales
Generally speaking, power does not spoil people, but fools, when they are in power, spoil power. Bernard Shaw to Sarah Bernhardt
Philosophy and medicine have made man the most intelligent of animals, fortune telling and astrology the most insane, superstition and despotism the most unfortunate. Diogenes of Sinope
The word “almost” is very useful when one wants to say something and at the same time say nothing. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
A person dies, the matter remains. Lucretius
Great minds set goals for themselves; other people follow their desires. Washington Irving
The louder he spoke about his honesty, the more carefully we counted the tablespoons. BeRalph Emerson
We may be the sons of merchants, but we are the grandsons of prophets. Chaim Weizmann
What has become funny cannot be dangerous. Voltaire
The bliss of the body is health, the bliss of the mind is knowledge. Thales of Miletus
All I know is that I don’t know anything, but others don’t know that either. Socrates
Trouble is for those who are smart but not endowed with a strong character. Nicola Chamfort
interesting statements by philosophers, writers, politicians and other famous people...
Ancient Greek philosophy can still teach us a lot today. The worldview of ancient philosophers is striking in its optimism, virtue and wisdom. Below, in quotes, are 9 life principles professed by the most famous ancient philosophers of Ancient Greece.
- Do everything with unconditional love.
A person should do what he loves. Only in this case will he succeed. It's better to be a good carpenter than a bad banker. Sincere love for your work is your calling.
“Work done with pleasure allows you to achieve excellence”- Aristotle.
“It is better to do a small part of a task perfectly than to do ten times as much poorly.”- Aristotle
“Never do anything you don’t know, but learn everything you need to know.”- Pythagoras
“Each person is worth exactly as much as the cause for which he cares is worth.”- Epicurus.
“Where a person resists, there is his prison.”- Epictetus.
- Don’t complain, don’t lose heart, don’t live in the past.
The biggest obstacle for a person in this world is himself. Other obstacles and unfavorable circumstances are the reason to look for new opportunities and unexpected ideas.
“A man who is dissatisfied with few things is not satisfied with anything.”- Epicurus.
“When leaving for a foreign land, don’t look back”- Pythagoras.
"Live today, forget the past"- ancient Greek proverb.
“Small opportunities often become the beginning of great enterprises”- Demosthenes.
“The great science of living happily is to live only in the present”- Pythagoras.
“The first and best victory is victory over yourself”- Plato.
“For their misfortunes, people tend to blame fate, the gods, and everything else, but not themselves” - Plato.
- Believe in yourself, listen to yourself and don’t always take for granted what others say.
Nobody knows you better than you. In life, you will come across many people who will share with you their ideas, opinions and views on various situations. You will meet many people who will give you free advice on how you should manage your life. Listen without judgment, draw conclusions, but follow the dictates of your heart - ancient philosophers urge in their aphorisms.
“Learn to listen and you can benefit even from those who speak ill of you.”- Plutarch.
“First of all, don’t lose your self-respect”- Pythagoras.
“Learn to be silent, let your cold mind listen and heed”- Pythagoras.
“Whatever they think of you, do what you think is fair. Be equally impartial to both blame and praise."- Pythagoras.
“If you live in harmony with nature, you will never be poor, and if you live in harmony with human opinion, you will never be rich.”- Epicurus.
- Don't lose faith.
Replace fears and misgivings with faith and hope. Humility, love and faith can work miracles. Everything will happen at the right time and in the right place.
"Hope is a daydream"- Aristotle.
“No fruit ripens suddenly, neither a bunch of grapes nor a fig tree. If you tell me that you want figs, I will tell you that time will have to pass. Let the tree bloom first, and then the fruits ripen."- Epictetus.
- Always strive to think and feel positively.
The ancient Greeks preached: “Think positive thoughts.” If negative thoughts fill your head, wave them goodbye and replace them with positive thoughts of beauty, happiness and love. Focus on the present, and the things for which you are grateful to God. Stay away from negative people around you and always surround yourself with happy and positive people.
“Fear and sadness that have taken possession of a person for a long time are conducive to illness”- Hippocrates.
“The human brain contains the cause of many diseases”- Hippocrates.
“Happiness depends on ourselves”- Aristotle.
“The brain is the place where pleasure, laughter and joy arise. From it come melancholy, sorrow and crying.”- Hippocrates.
6. Improve yourself and discover new horizons for yourself.
“Explore everything, give the mind first place”- Pythagoras.
“Work, good spirits and the striving of the mind for perfection, for knowledge lead to results that decorate life”- Hippocrates.
7. In difficult situations, look for strength and courage within yourself.
“Courage is a virtue by virtue of which people perform wonderful deeds in danger.”- Aristotle.
“People need courage and fortitude not only against the weapons of enemies, but also against any blows of fate.”- Plutarch.
“You don’t develop the courage to be happy in a relationship every day. You will develop it in difficult times and through all sorts of adversity."- Epicurus.
"You will never do anything in this world without courage. This is the greatest quality in a person and should be honored."- Aristotle.
8. Forgive yourself and others for mistakes.
View your mistakes positively as learning experiences that will help you eventually achieve your dreams. Mistakes and failures are inevitable.
“It is better to expose your own mistakes than others”- Democritus.
“To live and not make a single mistake is not in the power of man, but from one’s mistakes it is good to learn wisdom in the future.”- Plutarch.
“To make no mistakes is a property of the gods, but not of man.”- Demosthenes.
“Every business is improved by mastering technology. Every skill is achieved through exercise."- Hippocrates.
9. Virtue and compassion.
The views of ancient Greek philosophers echo those that emerged later, Christianity. It is no coincidence that medieval Christian theologians called Aristotle a spontaneous Christian, although he lived long before the birth of Jesus Christ.
"What is a sense of life? Serve others and do good"- Aristotle.
“Live with people so that your friends do not become enemies, and your enemies become friends”- Pythagoras.
“Boys stone frogs for fun, but frogs really die.”- Plutarch.
“We crave and strive for immortality, which is alien to our nature, and power, which depends mostly on luck, and we put moral perfection, the only divine blessing available to us, in last place.”- Plutarch.
“Two things make a man godlike: living for the good of society and truthfulness.”- Pythagoras.
« For the sun to rise, there is no need for prayers or spells; it suddenly begins to send its rays to the joy of everyone. So don’t wait for applause, noise, or praise to do good—do good deeds voluntarily—and you will be loved like the sun.”- Epictetus.
“Always prefer a short but honest life to a long but shameful life”- Epictetus.
“Burning yourself, shine for others”- Hippocrates.
“By caring for the happiness of others, we find our own”- Plato.
“A person who has received a benefit must remember it all his life, and a person who has shown a benefit must immediately forget about it.”- Demosthenes.
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As the poet absolutely correctly put it, “we did not teach dialectics according to Hegel.” From their school years, the Soviet generation remembered the lines of another mentor, Nikolai Ostrovsky, who insisted: life must be lived in such a way “that there is no excruciating pain...” The textbook phrase ended with a call to give all one’s strength to the “struggle for the liberation of mankind.”
Decades have passed, and many of us remain grateful to Nikolai Ostrovsky for his personal example of perseverance and for his unique aphorisms and quotes about life with meaning. The point is not even that they corresponded to that heroic era. No, similar thoughts were heard in the statements of philosophers, historical figures of the ancient world, and at other times. He just set the highest bar, which is not achievable for everyone.
However, another thinker around the same period advised: “Steer higher, the current will still carry you away.” So figuratively, Nicholas Roerich explained that there must be high goals, and then life and the environment will definitely make their own adjustments. Aphorisms about the life of this great scientist and cultural figure are worth studying separately and in detail.
Today I have prepared for you, my dear readers, a selection of a wide variety of catchphrases that may help us all take a slightly different look at ourselves, our place in the world, our purpose.
The great ones about work, creativity, and other high meanings
We spend at least a third of our working-age lives working. In reality, most of us spend much more time doing things than is outlined in the official daily routine. It is no coincidence that aphorisms and quotes about life with meaning from great people and the statements of our contemporaries are often based on this side of our existence.
When work and hobbies coincide or are at least close to each other, when we choose something we like, it becomes as productive as possible and brings us a lot of positive emotions. The Russian people have created many proverbs and sayings about the role of crafts and a good attitude to business in everyday life. “He who gets up early, God gives to him,” our wise ancestors said. And they joked caustically about lazy people: “They are on the committee for trampling the pavements.” Let's see what aphorisms about life and life values were left to us as a guide to action by the sages of different eras and peoples.
Wise life aphorisms and quotes from great people with meaning about life
“If a person begins to be interested in the meaning of life or its value, this means that he is sick.” Sigmund Freud.
“If anything is worth doing, it’s only what is considered impossible.” Oscar Wilde.
“Good wood does not grow in silence: the stronger the winds, the stronger the trees.” J. Willard Marriott.
“The brain itself is vast. It can be equally the container of both heaven and hell.” John Milton.
“Before you have time to find the meaning of life, it has already been changed.” George Carlin.
“Whoever works all day has no time to earn money.” John D. Rockefeller.
“Everything that does not give pleasure is called work.” Bertolt Brecht.
“It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop.” Bruce Lee.
“The most rewarding thing is to do something that people think you will never do.” Arabic proverb.
Disadvantages are a continuation of advantages, mistakes are stages of growth
“The whole world can’t beat the sun,” our grandfathers and great-grandfathers reassured themselves when something didn’t work out, didn’t go according to plan. Aphorisms about life do not ignore this topic: our shortcomings, mistakes that can nullify our efforts, but can, on the contrary, teach us a lot. “Troubles torment but teach wisdom” - there are many similar proverbs among different peoples of the world. And religions teach us to bless obstacles, because we grow with them.
“People always blame circumstances. I don't believe in circumstances. In this world, only those who seek the conditions they need succeed and, if they don’t find them, create them themselves.” Bernard Show.
“Don’t pay attention to minor flaws; remember: you also have big ones.” Benjamin Franklin.
“A correct decision made late is a mistake.” Lee Iacocca.
“You need to learn from other people's mistakes. It’s impossible to live long enough to do them all on your own.” Hyman George Rickover.
“Everything that is beautiful in this life is either immoral, illegal, or leads to obesity.” Oscar Wilde.
“We cannot stand people with the same shortcomings that we have.” Oscar Wilde.
“Genius lies in the ability to distinguish the difficult from the impossible.” Napoleon Bonaparte.
“The greatest glory is not to never fail, but to be able to rise whenever you fall.” Confucius.
“What cannot be corrected should not be mourned.” Benjamin Franklin.
“A person should always be happy; if happiness ends, look where you went wrong.” Lev Tolstoy.
“Everyone is making plans, and no one knows whether he will survive until the evening.” Lev Tolstoy.
About the philosophy and realities of money
A lot of beautiful short aphorisms and quotes about life with meaning are dedicated to financial issues. “Without money, everyone is skinny,” “The purchase has become dull,” the Russian people are ironic about themselves. And he assures: “He is wise who has a strong pocket!” He immediately gives advice on the easiest way to achieve recognition from others: “If you want good, sprinkle some silver!” Continuation - in the apt statements of famous and anonymous authors who know exactly the value of money.
“Don’t be afraid of big expenses, be afraid of little income.” John Rockefeller.
“If you buy what you don’t need, you will soon sell what you need.” Benjamin Franklin.
“If a problem can be solved with money, then it is not a problem. It's just an expense." Henry Ford.
“We don’t have money, so we have to think.”
“A woman will always be dependent until she has her own wallet.”
“Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it makes it much more pleasant to be unhappy.” Claire Booth Lyos.
“The dead are valued according to their merits, the living according to their financial means.”
“Even a fool can produce a product, but it takes brains to sell it.”
Friends and enemies, family and us
The theme of friendship and enmity, relationships with loved ones has always been popular among writers and poets. Aphorisms about the meaning of life that touch on this side of existence are quite numerous. They sometimes become “anchors” on which songs and poems are built that gain truly popular love. It is enough to recall at least the lines of Vladimir Vysotsky: “If a friend suddenly turned out to be...”, the heartfelt dedications to the friends of Rasul Gamzatov and other Soviet poets.
Below I have selected for you, dear friends, aphorisms about life with meaning, short and succinct, accurate. Maybe they will lead you to some thoughts or memories, maybe they will help you evaluate familiar situations and the place of your friends in them differently.
“Forgive your enemies - this is the best way to get them angry.” Oscar Wilde.
“As long as you are concerned about what other people will say about you, you are at their mercy.” Neil Donald Welsh.
“Before you love your enemies, try to treat your friends a little better.” Edgar Howe.
“The principle of “an eye for an eye” will make the whole world blind.” Mahatma Gandhi.
“If you want to change people, start with yourself. It’s both healthier and safer.” Dale Carnegie.
“Do not be afraid of enemies who attack you, fear friends who flatter you.” Dale Carnegie.
“There is only one way to earn love in this world - stop demanding it and start giving love without expecting gratitude.” Dale Carnegie.
“The world is large enough to satisfy the needs of every person, but too small to satisfy human greed.” Mahatma Gandhi.
“The weak never forgive. Forgiveness is the property of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi.
“It has always been a mystery to me: how people can respect themselves by humiliating people like themselves.” Mahatma Gandhi.
“I only look for the good in people. I myself am not without sin, and therefore I do not consider myself to have the right to focus on the mistakes of others.” Mahatma Gandhi.
“Even the strangest people can come in handy someday.” Tove Jansson, All About the Moomins.
“I don’t believe that you can change the world for the better. I believe that we can try not to make it worse.” Tove Jansson, All About the Moomins.
“If you managed to deceive a person, this does not mean that he is a fool - it means that you were trusted more than you deserve.” Tove Jansson, All About the Moomins.
“Neighbors should be seen, but not heard.”
“Never exaggerate the stupidity of your enemies or the loyalty of your friends.”
Optimism, success, luck
Aphorisms about life and success are the next section of today’s review. Why are some always lucky, while others, no matter how hard they fight, remain outsiders? How to achieve success in life, and not lose your presence of mind in case of failure? Let's listen to the advice of experienced people who have achieved a lot in life, who know the value of themselves and those around them.
“People are interesting creatures. In a world full of wonders, they managed to invent boredom.” Sir Terence Pratchett.
“A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, but an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill.
“Three things never come back - time, word, opportunity. Therefore: don’t waste time, choose your words, don’t miss the opportunity.” Confucius.
“The world is made up of slackers who want to have money without working, and idiots who are willing to work without getting rich.” Bernard Show.
“Moderation is a fatal quality. Only extremes lead to success." Oscar Wilde.
“Great success always requires some unscrupulousness.” Oscar Wilde.
“A smart person doesn’t make all the mistakes himself - he gives others a chance.” Winston Churchill.
“In Chinese, the word crisis is made up of two characters—one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity.” John F. Kennedy.
“A successful person is one who is able to build a strong foundation from the stones that others throw at him.” David Brinkley.
“If you fail, you will be upset; If you give up, you’re doomed.” Beverly Hills.
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill.
“Be present in your present, otherwise you will miss your life.” Buddha.
“Everyone has something like a dung shovel, with which in moments of stress and trouble you begin to dig into yourself, into your thoughts and feelings. Get rid of it. Burn it. Otherwise, the hole you dig will reach the depths of the subconscious, and then the dead will come out of it at night.” Stephen King.
“People think that they can’t do a lot of things, and then suddenly they discover that they very much can when they find themselves in a hopeless situation.” Stephen King.
“There is a test to determine whether your mission on earth is completed or not. If you’re still alive, it means it’s not finished.” Richard Bach.
“The most important thing is to do at least something to achieve success, and do it right now. This is the most important secret - despite all its simplicity. Everyone has amazing ideas, but rarely does anyone do anything to put them into practice, right now. Not tomorrow. Not in a week. Now. An entrepreneur who achieves success is one who acts, not slows down, and acts right now.” Nolan Bushnell.
“When you see a successful business, it means someone once made a bold decision.” Peter Drucker.
“There are three types of idleness: doing nothing, doing poorly, and doing the wrong thing.”
“If you are in doubt about the road, take a travel companion; if you are sure, go alone.”
“Never be afraid to do what you don’t know how to do. Remember, the ark was built by an amateur. Professionals built the Titanic."
Man and woman – poles or magnets?
Many life aphorisms tell about the essence of gender relations, about the peculiarities of psychology and logic of men and women. We encounter situations where these differences are clearly manifested every day. Sometimes these collisions are quite dramatic, and sometimes they are simply comical.
I hope that these clever aphorisms about living with meaning, describing such situations, will be at least a little useful to you.
“Until the age of eighteen, a woman needs good parents, from eighteen to thirty-five, good looks, from thirty-five to fifty-five, good character, and after fifty-five, good money.” Sophie Tucker.
“It is very dangerous to meet a woman who completely understands you. This usually ends in marriage." Oscar Wilde.
“Mosquitoes are much more humane than some women; if a mosquito drinks your blood, at least it stops buzzing.”
“There is this type of woman - you respect them, admire them, stand in awe of them, but from afar. If they try to get closer, you have to fight them off with a baton.”
“A woman worries about the future until she gets married. A man doesn’t worry about the future until he gets married.” Coco Chanel.
“The prince did not come. Then Snow White spat out the apple, woke up, went to work, got insurance and made a test tube baby.”
“The beloved woman is the one to whom you can cause more suffering.”
Etienne Rey.
“All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Lev Tolstoy.
Love and hate, good and evil
Wise aphorisms and quotes about life and love are often born “on the fly”; they are scattered like pearls in all significant literary works. You, dear blog readers, probably have your own favorite phrases about love and other manifestations of human feelings. I suggest you familiarize yourself with my selection of such revelations.
“Of all eternal things, love lasts the shortest.” Jean Moliere.
“It always seems like we are loved because we are so good. But we don’t realize that they love us because those who love us are good.” Lev Tolstoy.
“I don’t have everything I love. But I love everything I have." Lev Tolstoy.
“In love, as in nature, the first cold is most sensitive.” Pierre Buast.
“Evil is only inside us, that is, where it can be taken out from.” Lev Tolstoy.
“Being good wears out a person so much!” Mark Twain.
“You can’t forbid living beautifully. But you can interfere.” Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
“Good always defeats evil, which means whoever wins is good.” Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
Loneliness and crowd, death and eternity
Aphorisms about life with meaning cannot ignore the theme of death, loneliness, everything that frightens us and attracts us at the same time. Man has been trying throughout his centuries-old history to look behind the curtain of life, beyond the edge of existence. We are trying to understand the secrets of space, but we know so little about ourselves! Loneliness helps you look deeper, more closely into yourself, and look detachedly at the world around you. And books and clever phrases from insightful thinkers can also help with this.
“The worst loneliness is when a person is uncomfortable with himself.”
Mark Twain.
"Getting old is boring, but it's the only way to live long." Bernard Show.
“If someone appears ready to move mountains, others will surely follow him, ready to break his neck.” Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
“Every person is the smith of his own happiness and the anvil of someone else’s.” Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
“To be able to endure solitude and enjoy it is a great gift.” Bernard Show.
“If a patient really wants to live, doctors are powerless.” Faina Ranevskaya.
“People start thinking about life and money when they come to an end.” Emil Krotky.
And this is all about us: different facets, aspects, formats
I understand that the systematization of aphorisms about life with meaning is conditional. Many of them are difficult to fit into specific thematic frameworks. Therefore, I have collected here a variety of interesting and instructive catchphrases.
“Culture is just a thin apple peel above the hot chaos.” Friedrich Nietzsche.
“It’s not those they follow who have the most influence, but those they go against.” Grigory Landau.
“You learn the fastest in three cases - before the age of 7, during training, and when life has driven you into a corner.” S. Covey.
“In America, in the Rocky Mountains, I saw the only reasonable method of artistic criticism. In the bar there was a sign above the piano: “Don’t shoot the pianist - he’s doing the best he can.” Oscar Wilde.
“Whether a particular day will bring you more happiness or more sorrow depends largely on the strength of your resolve. Whether every day of your life will be happy or unhappy is the work of your hands. George Merriam.
“Facts are the sand that grinds in the gears of theory.” Stefan Gorczynski.
“He who agrees with everyone, no one agrees with.” Winston Churchill.
“Communism is like prohibition: a good idea, but it doesn’t work.” Will Rogers.
“When you begin to peer into an abyss for a long time, the abyss begins to peer into you.” Nietzsche.
“In the battle of the elephants, the ants get the worst of it.” Old American proverb.
"Be yourself. Other roles have already been filled.” Oscar Wilde.
Statuses - modern aphorisms for every day
Aphorisms and quotes about life with meaning, short funny ones - this definition can be given to the statuses that we see in the accounts of network users as “mottos” or simply topical slogans, common phrases that are relevant today.
Don’t you want a sediment to appear on your soul? Don't boil!
The only person for whom you are always THIN and HUNGRY is grandma!!!
Remember: good male dogs are still taken apart as puppies!!!
Humanity is at a dead end: what to choose – work or daytime TV programs.
It’s strange: the number of gays is growing, although they cannot reproduce.
You begin to understand the theory of relativity when you stand for half an hour in front of a sign on a store: “Break 10 minutes.”
Patience is the art of hiding impatience.
An alcoholic is a person who is ruined by two things: drinking and the lack of it.
When one person makes you feel bad, you feel sick of the whole world.
Sometimes you really want to retreat into yourself... Taking a couple of bottles of cognac with you...
When you suffer from loneliness, everyone is busy. When you dream of being alone, EVERYONE will visit and call!
My beloved told me that I am a treasure... Now I’m afraid to fall asleep... what if he takes me and buries me somewhere!
Killed with a word - finish with silence.
There is no need to close the mouth of someone who is trying to open your eyes.
You need to live in such a way that it’s embarrassing to tell, but nice to remember!
There are people who run after you, who follow you and who stand for you.
My friend likes apple juice, and I like orange juice, but when we meet we drink vodka.
All guys want to have that one and only girl waiting for them while they sleep with everyone else.
I am married for the fifth time - I understand witches better than the Inquisition.
They say that guys only want sex. Don't believe it! They also ask to eat!
Before you cry into your friend's vest, smell if this vest smells like your boyfriend's perfume!
There is nothing more useful in a household than a guilty husband.
Girls, don't offend guys! They already have an eternal tragedy in their lives: sometimes it’s not to their taste, sometimes they’re too tough, sometimes they can’t afford it!
The best gift for a woman is a gift made by hand... By the hands of a jeweler!
Trapped in the Internet - statuses about the Internet
Our contemporaries devote many aphorisms about life with humor to the Internet. Which is understandable: we spend a lot of time on the Internet, both at work and at home. And we find ourselves in the web of real and imaginary friends, and get into ridiculous situations. Some of them are discussed in this section of the review.
Yesterday I spent half an hour deleting the wrong friends from my VKontakte list until I realized that I was using my sister’s account...
Odnoklassniki is an employment center.
Humans tend to make mistakes. But for inhuman blunders you need a computer.
We made it! In Odnoklassniki, the husband offers friendship...
Morning of the hacker. I woke up, checked my mail, checked other users' mail.
Odnoklassniki is a scary site! Stretch ceilings, curtains, wardrobes ask me to be friends... I don’t remember anyone like that studying with me at school.
The Ministry of Health warns: abuse of virtual life leads to real hemorrhoids.
That's all for now, dear friends. Share these wise life aphorisms and quotes with your friends, share your favorite “highlights” with me and my readers!
I thank my blog reader Lyubov Mironova for her help in preparing this article.
The word philosophy comes from two Greek words: phileo - “love”, and sophia - “wisdom”. It is a form of knowledge of the world. Its main tasks have always included the study of the laws of the whole world and society, as an integral part of it, the process of cognition itself, as well as the understanding of moral values, questions about life, freedom, love and other concepts that have puzzled more than one generation of people. Philosophical statements about life and its components have reached us: love, justice, good and evil, freedom, religion of the most prominent representatives of human society. In essence, philosophy is not so much a science, it is rather a worldview as one or another person sees the world.
About philosophical statements
Almost every person engages in philosophy in life, asking themselves questions and answering them to the best of their education, life experience, practical skills, and other things. If there is not enough experience and knowledge, then a person turns to the wisdom of people who have achieved certain achievements.
Such people are scientists, writers, outstanding public figures with certain knowledge and experience. They leave behind a legacy in the form of works, recorded thoughts, works from which people have extracted the most valuable philosophical statements, which often become their mottos and guidelines for life.
A person striving for certain achievements is necessarily inquisitive, tries to develop, improve, fully understanding that experience and knowledge are worth a lot, they make a person wise.
Life is purpose and action
Every person has thought about the meaning of life and how to live it. The writer J. London, known for his works filled with the power of spirit, said that the purpose of man is to live, not to exist. The concept of “life” includes not just living, providing for basic needs, but also something else, without which a person will not be happy, satisfied with fate, satisfied with the life he has lived, and will not find meaning in it.
To live, you need a goal - for what it is being done. It is well known that life without a goal is a waste of time. According to V. Belinsky, without a set goal there is no action, without interests there can be no goal, and without action there is no life itself.
Philosophical statements about the life of the ancient Greek thinker Aristotle contain the rule that the good of a person, which he strives for, depends on compliance with two conditions: the correctly set final goal of any activity and finding the right means that will lead him to this goal.
About the meaning of life
According to Freud, the question of the meaning of life has been asked by people countless times, but never has a satisfactory answer been given. This is partly because each person is different. He determines the meaning of life for himself. Therefore, many thinkers see it differently. It’s interesting that for most people, the meaning is to achieve certain goals that everyone sets for themselves in life. As the German philosopher W. Humboldt wrote, half the success in achieving a goal is the persistent pursuit of it.
Reading philosophical statements about the meaning of life, you understand that each of them is often the result of not only reflection, but also life experience. The German poet and philosopher F. Schiller wrote that a person grows as long as his goals grow. As soon as he comes to terms with everyday life and is satisfied with the results achieved, his growth as a person stops. Simple dreams lead nowhere. Honore de Balzac noted that to achieve your goal, you must first of all go.
So the great Russian writer M. Gorky sees the meaning in life, first of all, in the beauty and strength of striving for goals, he notes that every moment of life should have its own goal. You need to walk without stopping and without being distracted by obstacles and trifles. On this occasion, F. M. Dostoevsky wrote that if, while walking towards a goal, you stop in order to throw stones at all the dogs barking at you, then you will never reach it.
Statements about freedom
The most interesting and controversial are philosophical statements about freedom, because it is this important and complex concept that has worried thinkers and philosophers for many centuries. Freedom was and remains a mystery, since the concept carries the most unexpected content, which changes over time and depends on various factors. Hegel has such words about the idea of freedom that it is uncertain, multifaceted, and subject to great misunderstandings, which cannot be said about other philosophical concepts.
Philosophical statements on this matter vary. Justinian, the Byzantine emperor, defined freedom from the point of view of a politician and ruler as the natural ability of a person to do whatever he wants, unless force and right prohibit it. The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus considered a free person to be a person who fears no one and does not hope for anything. B. Shaw has a slightly different opinion. He presented freedom as a responsibility that everyone fears.
Philosophical concept of justice
In philosophy, it is customary to distinguish between two concepts of justice. The first is fairness of law, or, in other words, procedural justice. In this case, it is achieved through the correct functioning of the mechanism of the law. It is here that justice is a logical, one might say, mechanical assessment, according to the fixed provisions of the law. But is it always fair? In the second concept of justice, there is an appeal to higher values that are not reflected in the law and are called moral court.
It is this concept that introduces some confusion into the logic of justice of the law, which is not always consistent with morality. Well-known philosophical statements of wise thinkers speak about this. Plato also said that in many states it is believed that justice is what is necessary for the ruling power, which is presented by people and is not always consistent with the highest values. Or justice is perceived as the decision of the majority, which, according to I. Schiller, cannot be its measure.
The law does not always correspond to divine concepts of justice. On this occasion, T. Jefferson said that when he thinks that the Lord is justice, he is seized with fear for his country.
Religion in human life and philosophy
The philosophy of religion and its significance in human life belongs to a number of the most important philosophical disciplines; it is often separated into a separate part, as religious philosophy. It is aimed at knowledge of religion. Its appearance is associated with religious and mythological culture, since man explored not only external life, but also internal - spiritual life.
The philosophical statements of most thinkers confirm this. As F. Bacon said, with a superficial study of philosophy, a person tends to deny God; with a deep study of philosophy, a person’s mind turns to religion.
Nikolai Berdyaev argued that when science turns into philosophy, the latter turns into religion. Science cannot answer many questions in life, but religion answers all questions unambiguously.
About the truth in human life
Philosophy of life is impossible without truth, which goes back to ancient times. The goal of any knowledge is truth, but philosophy, in addition to this, explores it as an object. What is truth? All famous philosophers have thought about such a concept as “truth”. Plato believed that when a person says about things what is true, it is the truth, otherwise he is lying. From the principle of what is affirmed by thought, that is, in reality, the concept of philosophy was developed. I. Kant introduced into it the concept of “adequacy” - the agreement of thinking with itself. In other words, an adequate description of objective reality by a person can be considered truth.
Philosophers about love
Love has been elevated by philosophers, writers, and poets to an omnipotent force that moves and transforms the world. The philosophy of love leads thinkers to thoughts that allow them to comprehend the nature of feeling and evaluate its role in the life of every person. Love personified the path to happiness. Philosophical statements about love reflect the depth of feelings full of passions. This was reflected in the words of G. Heine, who defined it as the most victorious and sublime passion, which, thanks to its all-conquering power, is contained in “... limitless generosity and supersensible unselfishness.”
O. Balzac said that love lives only in the present. This is the only passion that does not want to acknowledge the past and the future. Moreover, it was considered happiness to experience this feeling personally; this is evidenced by numerous philosophical statements about love. A. Camus wrote that not being loved is a failure, and not experiencing love yourself is a disaster.
Great ones about people's happiness
Along with love, which some people associate as the highest point of happiness, famous philosophers have not ignored the concept itself. A rather significant difficulty here is that each person understands happiness differently. Aristotle spoke about the various perceptions of happiness, while at the same time emphasizing that this concept represents well-being and the good life. O. Splenger associated it with kinship of souls and harmony. G. Andersen argued that only by bringing benefit to the world can one be happy.
Philosophers on Wealth
The two poles in human life - wealth and poverty - have not gone unnoticed by philosophers. This topic did not leave anyone indifferent. The question of why some people can make money out of nothing, while others, working around the clock, do not have a penny, is relevant at all times. In comprehending the concept of wealth, thinkers made their own conclusions; their interesting philosophical statements suggest that the point here is not in the highest justice, but in the person himself, in his attitude towards himself.
The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus wrote that greed for money is much worse than need, since the growth of desires also leads to an increase in needs. The ancient Greek philosopher B. Bion wrote that misers care about their wealth as if it were their own, but use it little, as if it were someone else’s.
good and evil
The philosophy of life has always paid great attention to the problems of good and evil, trying to help humanity understand their essence and help find ways to achieve good and avoid evil. There were various philosophical schools and movements that in their own way established the relationship between evil and good, sought and determined their own ways of establishing virtue and combating the generation of evil - vices. As with any subject of philosophical research, philosophers have different attitudes towards this concept. The philosophical statements of great people speak about this.
Good is always stronger than evil, and there is more of it. The latter can be unbearably painful, and goodness often goes unnoticed. As the Persian poet M. Saadi said, with the help of kindness and gentle words you can lead an elephant by a thread. The great L.N. Tolstoy said that people are loved for their goodness and not loved for the evil that was done to them. The question of how to distinguish good from evil is quite acute for people. On this occasion, M. Cicero wrote that the most alarming fact in human life is ignorance of good and evil.
Philosophy, the mother of all sciences, helps a person answer many questions concerning various spheres of life, relations between society and people, and knowledge of life moves humanity forward.
In order to wake up, you need to stop looking around and turn your gaze inward. – Carl-Gustav Jung
Man himself invents the boundaries of the world. It can be the size of a street - or it can become endless. – Arthur Schopenhauer
We ourselves come up with impossible things. They are difficult only because we cannot decide to take on them.
Philosophy can easily explain the past and the future, but it gives in to the present.
Life is what philosophers earn their living for, wasting ink on treatises that are of no use to anyone but themselves.
Every doctor is by definition a philosopher. After all, medicine must be supported by wisdom. – Hippocrates
When something new bursts into life, a person turns into a philosopher.
The world is more beautiful than a dream. Tastier than gourmet dishes. Let him in. Fall in love. Maybe there’s only a minute left to live. And you have the last 60 seconds of happiness... - Ray Bradbury
Forward! Don't stop for a moment. Live brightly, walk on the edge, give emotions and get LIFE!
We earn coins to spend. We're running out of time to get it. And we fight for peace. – Aristotle
Continue reading quotes from philosophers on the following pages:
There are two types of love: one simple, the other mutual. Simple - when the loved one does not love the loving one. Then the lover is completely dead. When the beloved responds to love, then the lover, at least, lives in him. There is something amazing about this. Ficino M.
Not to be loved is just failure, not to love is misfortune. – A. Camus
When the one you love is not there, you have to love what is. Corneille Pierre
The girl who laughs is already half won.
The girlfriend's shortcomings escape the attention of the lover. Horace
When you love, you discover such wealth in yourself, so much tenderness, affection, you can’t even believe that you know how to love like that. Chernyshevsky N. G.
All buildings will fall, collapse, and grass will grow on them. Only the building of love is incorruptible, weeds will not grow on it. Hafiz
The moments of meeting and parting are for many the greatest moments in life. – Kozma Prutkov
False love is more likely the result of ignorance, rather than a lack of ability to love. J. Baines.
Love takes on meaning only when it is reciprocated. Leonardo Felice Buscaglia.
There are many cures for love, but there is not a single sure cure. – Francois La Rochefoucauld
Love is the only passion that recognizes neither the past nor the future. Balzac O.
Just as ugliness is an expression of hatred, so beauty is an expression of love. Otto Weininger
Love is in the heart, and therefore desire is impermanent, but love is unchangeable. The desire disappears after it is satisfied; the reason for this is that love comes from the union of souls, and desire - from the union of feelings. Penn William
You cannot love either the one you fear or the one who fears you. Cicero
The source of every error in life is a lack of memory. Otto Weininger
Constancy is the everlasting dream of love. Vauvenargues
Love itself is the law; it is stronger, I swear, than all the rights of earthly people. Any right and any decree Before love is nothing for us. Chaucer J.
Love is an amazing counterfeiter, constantly turning not only coppers into gold, but often gold into coppers. Balzac O.
One should love a friend, remembering that he can become an enemy, and hate an enemy, remembering that he can become a friend. – Sophocles
When we love, we lose sight. Lope de Vega
Deceived love is no longer love. Corneille Pierre
If a woman hates you, it means she loved you, loves you or will love you. – German proverb
Love is like a tree; it grows by itself, takes deep roots into our entire being and often continues to turn green and bloom even on the ruins of our heart. Hugo V.
Philosophy heals the spirit (souls). - Unknown author
A person feels his duty only if he is free. Henri Bergson
Love is the strongest, the holiest, the most unspeakable. Karamzin N. M.
There is no time limit for affection: you can always love as long as your heart is alive. Karamzin N.M.
Love for a woman has great, irreplaceable meaning for us; it is like salt for meat: permeating the heart, it protects it from spoilage. Hugo V.
Love is a theorem that must be proven every day! Archimedes
There is no force in the world more powerful than love. I. Stravinsky.
Equality is the strongest foundation of love. Lessing
Love that is afraid of obstacles is not love. Galsworthy D.
One day you will realize that love heals everything and love is all there is. G. Zukav
The science of good and evil alone constitutes the subject of philosophy. – Seneca (Younger)
Love is a person's idea of his need for a person to whom he is attracted. – T.Tobbs
Love is not a virtue, love is a weakness that, if necessary, can and should be resisted. Knigge A.F.
Philosophy is the teacher of life. - Unknown author
In love, silence is more valuable than words. It’s good when embarrassment binds our tongue: silence has its own eloquence, which reaches the heart better than any words. How much a lover can say to his beloved when he is silent in confusion, and how much intelligence he reveals at the same time. Pascal Blaise
The woman does not want people to talk about her love affairs, but she wants everyone to know that she is loved. – Andre Maurois
The love of wisdom (the science of wisdom) is called philosophy. – Cicero Marcus Tullius
Love is the desire to achieve the friendship of someone who attracts with their beauty. Cicero
Marriage and love have different aspirations: Marriage seeks benefits, love seeks!. Corneille Pierre
Love is blind, and it can blind a person so that the road that seems most reliable to him turns out to be the most slippery. Navarre M.
Love alone is the joy of a cold life, Love alone is the torment of hearts: It gives only one joyful moment, And there is no end in sight to sorrows. Pushkin A. S.
Love is the beginning and end of our existence. Without love there is no life. That is why love is something that a wise person bows to. Confucius
Love is a disease of tenderness. – A. Kruglov
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, takes deep roots into our entire being and often continues to turn green and bloom even on the ruins of our heart. – V. Hugo
No person is able to understand what true love is until he has been married for a quarter of a century. Mark Twain
Evolution is a continuously renewed creativity. Henri Bergson
Everything that is not colored by love remains colorless. – G.Hauptmann
Oh, how murderously we love, How in the violent blindness of passions We most certainly destroy that which is dear to our hearts! Tyutchev F. I.
Love should not ask and should not demand, love should have the power to be confident in itself. Then it is not something that attracts her, but she herself attracts. Hesse.
We fight to live in peace. Aristotle
A lover is always ready to believe in the reality of what he fears. Ovid
Love! This is the most sublime and victorious of all passions! But its all-conquering power lies in boundless generosity, in almost supersensible selflessness. Heine G.
To love means to admit that your loved one is right when he is wrong. – Sh. Peguy
In jealousy there is more love for oneself than for another. La Rochefoucauld.
Love burns differently according to different characters. In a lion, a burning and bloodthirsty flame is expressed in a roar, in arrogant souls - in disdain, in gentle souls - in tears and despondency. Helvetius K.
Every obstacle to love only strengthens it. Shakespeare W.
A lovers' quarrel is a renewal of love. Terence
To love means to stop comparing. – Grasse
Live first, and then philosophize.
Time strengthens friendship, but weakens love. – LaBruyère
Philosophy and medicine have made man the most intelligent of animals, fortune telling and astrology the most insane, superstition and despotism the most unfortunate. – D. Sinopsky
Love is not tarnished by friendship. The end is the end. – Remarque
Triumph over oneself is the crown of philosophy. – Diogenes of Sinope
Love is the tendency to find pleasure in the goodness, perfection, and happiness of another person. Leibniz G.
Those who don't have one talk the most about the future. Francis Bacon
Love is the only one of all spheres of human communication that represents an amazing interweaving of spiritual and physical pleasure, creating a feeling of life being filled with meaning and happiness. S. Ilyina.
This is the law of lovers: They are all brothers to each other. Rustaveli Sh.
The only thing that matters at the end of our time on earth is how much we loved, what was the quality of our love. Richard Bach.
Isn't it a delusion to seek peace in love? After all, there is no cure for love, the elders tell us. Hafiz
Love is like a sticky disease: the more you are afraid of it, the sooner you will catch it. – Chamfort
Most of all people love to be loved.
Nothing strengthens love like insurmountable obstacles. Lope de Vega
Seeking variety in love is a sign of powerlessness. Balzac O.
Man has an eternal, elevating need to love. France A.
It is much easier to grieve for someone you love than to live with someone you hate. Labruyère J.
Marital love multiplies the human race; friendly love perfects it. – Francis Bacon
To love is to find your own happiness in the happiness of another. Leibniz G.
Love is like the sea. Its breadth knows no shores. Give her all your blood and soul: there is no other measure here. Hafiz
A person is ready to do a lot to awaken love, but decide to do anything to arouse envy.
Pythagoras was the first to give philosophy its name. – Apuleius
Love hurts even the gods. Petronius
Love is characteristic only of a sane person. Epictetus
Bring philosophy down to earth. – Cicero Marcus Tullius
The philosophy of each specialty is based on the connection of the latter with other specialties, at the points of contact of which it must be sought. Henry Thomas Buckle
A woman knows the meaning of love, and a man knows its price. – Marty Larney
It is easier for a woman to fall in love than to confess her love. And it’s easier for a man to confess than to fall in love. – Konstantin Melikhan
Love is the lamp that illuminates the Universe; without the light of love, the earth would turn into a barren desert, and man would turn into a handful of dust. M. Braddon
In love there is despotism and slavery. And the most despotic is female love, which demands everything for itself! Berdyaev N. A.
This is how nature works: nothing strengthens love for a person more than the fear of losing him. Pliny the Younger
The more love a person shows, the more people love him. And the more he is loved, the easier it is for him to love others. – L.N. Tolstoy
Love grows from waiting for a long time and quickly fades, having quickly received its reward. Menander
He who doesn’t love anyone himself, it seems to me, no one loves him either. Democritus
Love conquers everything, let us submit to its power. Virgil
Love, like fire, goes out without food. – M.Yu. Lermontov
I know for sure that love will pass, When two hearts are separated by the sea. Lope de Vega
Love should not fog, but refresh, not darken, but brighten thoughts, since it should nest in the heart and mind of a person, and not serve only as fun for external feelings that generate only passion. Milton John
When you love, you want to do something in the name of love. I want to sacrifice myself. I want to serve. Hemingway E.
The truth is that there is only one highest value - love. Helen Hayes.
For a person who loves only himself, the most intolerable thing is to be left alone with himself. Pascal Blaise
Love is abundant in both honey and gall. Plautus
Joy and happiness are the children of love, but love itself, like strength, is patience and pity. Prishvin M. M.
Everything is for the best in this best of all worlds. Voltaire
When love comes, the soul is filled with unearthly bliss. Do you know why? Do you know why this feeling of great happiness? Only because we imagine that the end of loneliness has come. Maupassant G.
If you seek to solve any problem, do it with love. You will understand that the cause of your problem is a lack of love, for this is the cause of all problems. Ken Carey.
He who truly loves is not jealous. The main essence of love is trust. Take away trust from love - you take away from it the consciousness of its own strength and duration, all of its bright side, and therefore all of its greatness. – Anna Stahl
Love is a priceless gift. This is the only thing we can give and yet you still have it. L. Tolstoy.
Love is harder to break than hordes of enemies. Racine Jean
For love there is no yesterday, love does not think about tomorrow. She greedily reaches out to this day, but she needs this whole day, unlimited, unclouded. Heine G.
Old love is not forgotten. Petronius
You can't pick roses without being pricked by thorns. – Ferdowsi
Love is a competition between a man and a woman to bring each other as much happiness as possible. – Stendhal
Black suspicions cannot coexist with strong love. Abelard Pierre
He who did not know love was as if he had not lived. Moliere
Friendship often ends in love, but love rarely ends in friendship. – C. Colton
Philosophy is always considered a lamp for all sciences, a means for accomplishing every task, a support for all institutions... - Arthashastra
There are no Big Things without Big Difficulties. Voltaire
Neither mind, nor heart, nor soul are worth a penny in love. Ronsard P.
Love is too great a feeling to be only a personal, intimate matter for everyone! Shaw B.
If there was no one to love, I would fall in love with a doorknob. – Pablo Picasso
True love cannot speak, because true love is expressed in deeds rather than in words. Shakespeare W.
Others think that old love must be knocked out with new love, like a wedge with a wedge. Cicero
Love cannot be harmful, but if only it was love, and not the wolf of selfishness in the sheep's clothing of love... Tolstoy L.N.
Dying from love means living it. Hugo V.
Everyone's love is the same. Virgil
Love and hunger rule the world. – Schiller
Love cannot be cured with herbs. Ovid
Philosophy is the mother of all sciences. – Cicero Marcus Tullius
There is no such nonsense that some philosopher has not taught. – Cicero Marcus Tullius
What should guide people who want to live their lives flawlessly, no relatives, no honors, no wealth, and indeed nothing in the world can teach them better than love. Plato.
The first sign of love: in men - timidity, in women - courage. Hugo V.
There must be love in life - one great love in a lifetime, this justifies the causeless attacks of despair to which we are subject. Albert Camus.
Love destroys death and turns it into an empty ghost; it turns life from nonsense into something meaningful and makes happiness out of misfortune. Tolstoy L. N.
The first sign of love: in men - timidity, in women - courage. – V. Hugo
In love, longing competes with joy. Publius
The forces of love are great, disposing those who love to difficult feats and enduring extreme, unexpected dangers. Boccaccio D.
You must always live in love with something inaccessible to you. A person becomes taller by stretching upward. M. Gorky.
Do we have the power to fall in love or not to fall in love? And is it that, having fallen in love, we have the power to act as if it had not happened? Diderot D.
Truth cannot contradict truth. Giordano Bruno
Like a fire that easily flares up in reeds, straw or hare's hair, but quickly goes out if it does not find other food, love blazes brightly with blooming youth and physical attractiveness, but will soon fade away if it is not nourished by the spiritual virtues and good character of young spouses . Plutarch
The one deceived in love knows no mercy. Corneille Pierre
There is love that prevents a person from living. Gorky M.
Love, love, when you take possession of us, we can say: forgive us, prudence! Lafontaine
The greatest joy in a person’s life is to be loved, but no less so is to love oneself. Pliny the Younger
Only the one who has stopped loving is restrained. Corneille Pierre
If the choice in love were decided only by will and reason, then love would not be a feeling and passion. The presence of an element of spontaneity is visible in the most rational love, because from several equally worthy persons only one is chosen, and this choice is based on the involuntary attraction of the heart. Belinsky V.
Philosophy is the medicine of the soul. – Cicero Marcus Tullius
Anyone who loves solitude is either a wild animal or the Lord God. Francis Bacon
Choose who you will love. Cicero
