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…

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

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.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian...

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian...

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...

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.

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...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

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.

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

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.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.