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Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: Austrian
Born: April 26, 1889
Died: April 29, 1951

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
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The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
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A picture is a fact.
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The world is independent of my will.
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What can be shown, cannot be said.
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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
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The face is the soul of the body.
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