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National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.
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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
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Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.
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Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
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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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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
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The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.
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Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
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