Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty su

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age. – Clive Bell

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An old man loved is winter with flowers. – Proverb

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The key to successful aging is to pay as little attention to it as possible. – Judith Regan

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What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism. – Shimon Peres

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The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. – Howard Nemerov

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I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree. – James Douglas

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Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of business—great value in small compass, and equally current among all people. Sometimes the proverb may be false, the coin counterfeit, but in both cases the false proves the value of the true. – Attributed to D. March in A Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Laconic Quot

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He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form. – Marcus Aurelius

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