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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“A person who can break wind is not dead.”

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher, writer, and composer, considered one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literature, political, and social theories. more

“Animals learn death first at the moment of death;...man approaches death with the knowledge it is closer every hour, and this creates a feeling of uncertainty over his life, even for him who forgets in the business of life that annihilation is awaiting him. It is for this reason chiefly that we have philosophy and religion.”

Men Firsts Reason Philosophy Moments Feelings Hours Forget Animal Approach Uncertainty Annihilation Philosophy And Religion

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Many live by their wits but few by their wit.”

Wit Live By

Author:Laurence J. Peter

“Dead? No excuse for laying off work.”

Excuse No Excuses Supreme Being

Author:Ralph Richardson

“If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.”

Ifs May Courses Opposites Statements

Author:Niels Bohr

“You get to know someone better by playing for an hour than by talking for a year.”

Knows Years Hours Talking

Author:Plato

“If the wrong person preaches a right teaching, even a right teaching can become wrong. If a right person expounds a wrong teaching, even a wrong teaching can become right.”

Ifs Persons Teaching Right Person Wrong Person

Author:Muso Soseki

“On the battlefield of ideas, winning requires moving toward the sound of the guns.”

Ideas Moving Winning Sound Gun Battlefields

Author:Newt Gingrich

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