“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“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Art“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“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
Nature“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”
Alone“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies.”
Men“Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.”
Nature“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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”
Alone“It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.”
Best“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.”
Death“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“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Art“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“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“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.”
Freedom“Music is the melody whose text is the world.”
Music“Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.”
Power“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“The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.”
Medical“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!”
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