“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
Good“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”
Truth“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
Good“Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.”
History“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”
Great“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
Alone“Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.”
Nature“We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.”
Success“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”
Great“They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”
Death“The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.”
Knowledge“Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.”
Great“Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.”
Death“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Art“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
Age“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
Nature“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”
Alone“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”
Truth“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”
Art“Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.”
Famous“It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.”
Truth“Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.”
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