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Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice… that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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.
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.