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Philip Rieff Quotes


Brief author info: Philip Rieff (1922-2006) American sociologist and writer.


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Reason cannot save us, nothing can; but reason can mitigate the cruelty of living.
Beyond the wounds of the child and the scars of the man, there is something in the heart of love itself that makes love pathetic.
Man is tied to the weight of his own past, and even by a great therapeutic labor little more can be accomplished than a shifting of the burden.
Religion may have been the original cure; Freud reminds us that it was also the original disease.
Scholarship is polite argument.
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Friendship Quote
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.


Humorous Quote
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
Funny Quote
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Wisdom Quote
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

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