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The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.