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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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

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

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.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret...

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

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,...

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our...

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our...