philosophies quotes

When all philosophies shall fail, This word alone shall fit; That a sage feels too small for life, And a fool too large for it.

- G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton
Ballad of the White Horse, bk.8.

Great Negative, how vainly would the wise Enquire, define, distinguish, teach, devise, Didst thou not stand to point their blind Philosophies.

-JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
c.1673  'Upon Nothing', stanza10 (published1679).