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Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it
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
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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