Famous quotes containing the words weeping and/or philosopher:
“Here did she fall a tear. Here in this place
I’ll set a bank of rue, sour herb-of-grace.
Rue even for ruth here shortly shall be seen
In the remembrance of a weeping queen.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)