Emanuel Wertheimer Quotes Page 2

“Pride takes up as much space as stupidity gives it.”

“Rarely do you see such profound faces as when studying the menu.”

“Satisfaction often requires too much imagination: it is not easy to drink from empty glasses.”

“The astronomers are daily discovering new areas of their ignorance through their telescopes.”

“The certainty of dying is sometimes the only consolation in this life.”

“The clever one always has that opinion, which lies between two different opinions.”

“The envious consoles himself with the hope of enjoying the other's misfortune.”

“The goal of any education should be to turn the mind into a spring, not a reservoir.”

“The most painful loss is a lost gain.”

“The opinion of others surprises us when it agrees with our own opinion.”

“The people become impatient, they no longer want to wait for the promised meals in the afterlife.”

“The road to knighthood is often so steep that one has to crawl on all fours.”

“The uncertainty of when we die softens the certainty that we will die.”

“There are but few who write with talent; but are there many who read with talent?”

“There are more masks than faces.”

“There are prejudices that one must hold in order not to lose all ideals.”

“There are virtues just waiting to be replaced by vices.”

“There is a form of modesty that borders on megalomania.”

“There is no more powerful pillar of morality than envy.”

“There is only one love that lasts, namely the unhappy one.”

“To the pessimist nothing is as worthless as life - except his own.”

“Too many merits were needed if one wanted to be what one thinks of himself.”

“Unusual cleverness is often nothing but unusual unscrupulousness.”

“We are ready most quickly with advice, which excludes our help.”

“When an idiot praises us, he is no longer so stupid in our eyes.”

“Whoever destroys ideals commits murder.”

“Without masks, people would no longer recognize each other.”

“Writing a boring book is easier than reading one.”

“You cannot improve people with maxims, but you can warn them against one another.”

“Youth speaks of old age as of a misfortune that cannot befall it.”