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" A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

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" 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. "

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" All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. "

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" Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes. "

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

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" Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. "

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

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" A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations. "

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" Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. "

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" The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite. "

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" If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. "

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" Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. "

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" Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest. "

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" Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! "

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