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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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Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. – Chinese Proverb

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Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. – J. B. Priestley

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Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age. – Gary Bauer

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Filth and old age, Im sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity. – Geoffrey Chaucer

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Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key. – Tom Colicchio

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This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding. – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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I dont like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country. – Will Cuppy

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Sometimes… when you hold out for everything, you walk away with nothing. – From the television show Ally McBeal

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