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Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is

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

Other quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

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

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Learning
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Selfishness
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You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. Im innocent. Youve got to believe Im innocent. If you dont, take my job. – Richard M. Nixon

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History is a great dust heap. – Thomas Carlyle, Obiter Dicta

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History

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who werent there. – George Santayana

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History

If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards, in order to express this idea. – Salman Rushdie

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The power to investigate is a great public trust. – Emanuel Celler

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As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, Im still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career. – Hermann Maier

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind. – Alice Meynell

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