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Some famous funny quotes from philosophers over the years.
“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife, you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.”
—Socrates
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
—Albert Einstein
“The only thing I know is that I know nothing.”
—Socrates
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Love is a serious mental disease.”
—Plato
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”
—Plato
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
“That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless.”
—Plato
“People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys.”
—Mike Bechtle
“One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.”
—René Descartes
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
—Aristotle
“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
—Heraclitus
“The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.”
—Lewis Carroll
“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
—Woody Allen
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
—Oscar Wilde
“I’m not lazy, I’m just on energy-saving mode.”
—Unknown
“Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.”
—H.L. Mencken
“Don’t forget to love yourself.”
—Soren Kierkegaard
