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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

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...

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

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

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

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

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...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

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

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

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of...

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of...

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this...

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this...

The trouble with born again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the...

The trouble with born again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the...