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A confession has to be part of your new life.
Confession
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
Words
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Debate
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.
Religion
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
Language
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest.
Certainty
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.
Knowledge
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.
Language
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
Logic
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
Truth
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
Stupidity
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
Lies and Lying
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
Health
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
Vocabulary
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.
Logic
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.
Speech
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
Words
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Silence
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
Tragedies
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
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