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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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We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
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.
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity
You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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.
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.