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I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Not every religion has to have St. Augustine’s attitude to sex.

Why in the world shouldn’t they have regarded with awe and reverence that act by which the human race is perpetuated. Not every religion has to have St. Augustine’s attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn’t prevent it being a religious ceremony.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.

Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.

Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets

A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I’m a rather bad guide.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

my work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written.

I wanted to write that my work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written. And precisely this second part is the important one.