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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as...

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as...

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals...

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals...

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

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.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

God made women, have periods and give birth because He knew guys weren't strong enough...

God made women, have periods and give birth because He knew guys weren't strong enough...

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and...

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and...

In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.

In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.