The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Life Quotes, Preparation Quotes

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

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.

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

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

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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...

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

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...

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.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and...

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and...

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...

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.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to...

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to...