“In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness”
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“In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness”
“Anything forced is not beautiful”
“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself”
“Without music, life would be a mistake”
“A room without books is like a life without meaning”
“What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?”
“Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice”
“Ability is nothing without opportunity”
“All that glitters is not gold”
“We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable”
“The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for”
“Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid”
“And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.”
“Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools”
“Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing”
“It's the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected”
“Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much”
“Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.”