"The discovery of truth is prevented more..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
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“There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”
“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.”
“Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.”
More on Truth
“The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry: It is a mellifluous and emotional statement of the obviously not true. The men who fought for self-determination at Gettysburg were not the Federals but the Confederates.”
“'Warm in December, cold in June, you say?'I don't suppose the water's changed at all.You and I know enough to know it's warmCompared with cold, and cold compared with warm.But all the fun's in how you say a thing.”
“First rule in this world baby... don't believe ANYTHING you see on the news.”
More on Prejudice
“All Italians are plunderers.”
“Anti-Semitism, as an extreme form of racial chauvinism, is the most dangerous vestige of cannibalism.”
“All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.”