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First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.

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universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

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It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things that may make us look ridiculous; because in this case effect follows very quickly on cause.

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Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones.

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Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately

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It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

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I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

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Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.

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Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

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People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.

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Women remain children all their lives, for they always see only what is near at hand, cling to the present, take the appearance of a thing for reality, and prefer trifling matters to the most important.

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Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.

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Each day is a little life.

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However, for the man who studies to gain insight, books and studies are merely rungs of the ladder on which he climbs to the summit of knowledge. As soon as a rung has raised him up one step, he leaves it behind. On the other hand, the many who study in order to fill their memory do not use the rungs of the ladder for climbing, but take them off and load themselves with them to take away, rejoicing at the increasing weight of the burden. They remain below forever, because they bear what should have bourne them.

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To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

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Before you take anything away, you must have something better to put in its place.

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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

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Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.

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