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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

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

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

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

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

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

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

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

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

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...

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

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...

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

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

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

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...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the...

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the...

A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things...

A cat is a soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things...

When I was younger I remember watching two drops of rain roll down window and...

When I was younger I remember watching two drops of rain roll down window and...