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"People who chase after ever greater wealth without taking the time to enjoy it are like hungry people who are forever cooking but never sit down to eat."

"Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom"

"Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it."

"The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children."

"Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns."

"None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort."

"The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong."

"Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed."

"Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it."

"Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone."

"A defeat borne with pride is also a victory."

"We are so vain that we value the opinion even of those whose opinions we find worthless."

"However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain."

"One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated."

"Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you."

"Full German text of Aphorismen"

"Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one’s self."

"Public opinion is the whore among opinions."

"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."