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Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly plante

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity. – 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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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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I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I dont believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be. – Morgan Freeman

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Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a childrens party taken over by the elders. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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