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More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
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.
The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
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.
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
