Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.Arthur Schopenhauer
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.Arthur Schopenhauer
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.Arthur Schopenhauer
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.Arthur Schopenhauer
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.Arthur Schopenhauer
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.Arthur Schopenhauer
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.Arthur Schopenhauer
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.Cicero
