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Philosophy

Dave2l
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Does anyone consider themselves to be a philosopher?
I can't say I know an awful lot about it....but I do like making up quotes.
I may have partially got this from a record I listened to.
My personal input:
"Death is a tragedy....but life is Misery" - Dave, on Charltonlife, 2025
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them" - Albert Einstein
I can't say I know an awful lot about it....but I do like making up quotes.
I may have partially got this from a record I listened to.
My personal input:
"Death is a tragedy....but life is Misery" - Dave, on Charltonlife, 2025
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them" - Albert Einstein
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I drink, therefore I am12
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Know the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit - wisdom is not including it in a fruit salad.7
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Know the difference between a spanner and a spanner.
One is a useful tool kept in a toolbox.
The other is just a tool.6 -
Fear doesn't stop death, it stops life.
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.
Never take criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from.
Ambition without action turns into anxiety.
You can do anything, but you can't do everything. Focus.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
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bobmunro said:Know the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit - wisdom is not including it in a fruit salad.1
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“The trouble with Internet quotes is that you can never be sure if they are accurate” - Abraham Lincoln22
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If you do what you love, you'll love what you do ...a mantra I try to follow a lot0
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Work to a standard not a budget.
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Chizz said:Fear doesn't stop death, it stops life.
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.
Never take criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from.
Ambition without action turns into anxiety.
You can do anything, but you can't do everything. Focus.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
All of those are very good and almost a mild wake up call.
"If you think something is good - give it a like on charltonlife" - Winston Churchill3 - Sponsored links:
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If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success?
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese2 -
Darty Valiant said:“The trouble with Internet quotes is that you can never be sure if they are accurate” - Abraham Lincoln
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Those that shout louder, merely shout louder.2
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Slightly different version,, those who talk loud usually have the least to say.0
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about their own.
Paulo Coelho1 -
You remember what you want to forget and forget what you want to remember - Cormac McCarthy2
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“Every day I moderate Charlton Life I wonder if people type to be understood, or to justify their existence. They sure as hell don’t seem to be playing much golf”
AFKA Bartram
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Post Match Thread Lifers…
“To support this team is to study the art of absence—where goals exist only as ideas, never as realities.”
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He who knows the answer, but does not realise it, is as disadvantaged as he who did not understand the question - Dungeon Master in Dungeons and Dragons cartoon series3
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You can lead a horse to water, but if you can make it swim on its back you’ve really got something.4
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A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
John A Shedd. I wished it was John Two Shedds - that would make him practical as well as wise.0 -
Big William said:You can lead a horse to water, but if you can make it swim on its back you’ve really got something.1
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Chizz said:Big William said:You can lead a horse to water, but if you can make it swim on its back you’ve really got something.
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AI informed me of where "Death is a tragedy but life is a misery" originated from.
I thought I put it together along with song lyrics I'd heard of. I also thought it was that good, Dolly Parton would have considered getting the quote tattooed on her tits!
Turns out some German came up with it.
The quote "death is a tragedy but life is a misery" reflects a philosophical pessimism that views human existence as inherently filled with struggle and suffering. While death is tragic for those left behind, the phrase suggests that the deceased is free from a life that is fundamentally unhappy or burdensome.This idea is most closely associated with the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who argued that human life is a constant oscillation between the pain of desire and the emptiness of boredom.0 -
"I Have the body of and 18 year old...I keep it in the fridge"
"All I ask is the chance to prove money can't buy me happiness"
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"Dear God. Please let me prove to you that wealth won't spoil me"
Del Boy1 -
Better to say nothing and people think you a fool than speak and leave them in no doubt2
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My mate out birdwatching and seeing a pair of Magpie, 'There's one for sorrow, and another one for more sorrow'.1
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Every time I think of something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain!
- Homer Simpson
Not philosophy as such, but a quote that could easily apply to me2 -
If I didn’t have bad luck, I would have no luck at all0