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Peter exercised a zeal which was unregulated by knowledge – A. W. Pink
Peter Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to lead an ordinary life is no longer an option. – Spider-Man
Peter Who am I You sure you want to know The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied. – Spider-Man
Petrarch observes, that we change language, habits, laws, customs, manners, but not vices, not diseases, not the symptoms of folly and madness?they are still the same. And as a river, we see, keeps the like name and place, but not water, and yet ever runs, our times and persons alter, vices are the same, and ever be. Look how nightingales sang of old, cocks crowed, kine lowed, sheep bleated, sparrows chirped, dogs barked, so they do still: we keep our madness still, play the fool still; we are of the same humours and inclinations as our predecessors were; you shall find us all alike, much as one, we and our sons, and so shall our posterity continue to the last. – Burton
Petronius says that ‘Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived.’ That is very true, otherwise there wouldn’t exist any religion! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction. – Theophrastus
Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey
Philanthropy is the refuge of rich people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures. – Oscar Wilde
Philosopher A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth. – Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong. – Richard Feynman
Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by a more modest and more realistic principle - the principle that the fight against avoidable misery should be a recognized aim of public policy, while the increase of happiness should be left, in the main, to private initiative. – Karl Popper
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself. – H.L. Mencken
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives. – Anonymous
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently. – Anonymous
Philosophy is for those, who feel that they can think beyond their thoughts – Loachild
Philosophy is the child of sorrow – Praveen Vertex
Philosophy is the highest music. – Plato
Philosophy is the science which considers truth. – Aristotle
Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex. – Karl Marx
Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others. – Oscar Wilde
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils but present evils triumph over it. – La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it. – Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Photography is a dish best served raw. – Gennaro Salamone

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