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.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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...

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.

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.

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

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...

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...

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

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...

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.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

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...

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.

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

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

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...