“Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.”
Nature“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
Nature“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“Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
Death“Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.”
Happiness“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“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”
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“Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.”
Famous“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”
Alone“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!”
Money“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
Nature“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“Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.”
Learning“Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.”
Intelligence“After your death you will be what you were before your birth.”
Death“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
Alone“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
Great“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”
Great“Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.”
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