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“The first forty years of life furnish the text, while the remaining thirty supply the commentary.”
Counsels and Maxims • Arthur Schopenhauer“ "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a matter of honor today than ever before to be open to all minds … This is different from the individual sciences which increasingly [interpose] between the treasure of their discoveries and the curiosity of the profane the tremendous dragon of their closed terminology.”
What is Philosophy? • Jose Ortega y Gasset“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray • Oscar Wilde“"Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much."”
Metamorphosis and Other Stories • Franz Kafka