Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same...

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...