#lit

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#brief #buildings #cannot #close #during

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#baseness #character #country #every #every nation

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#among #any #counterproductive #debate #monetary

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#coming #days #decisions #election #every

The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#arms #cost #discussion #effect #elsewhere

I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality. ↗

— Barbet Schroeder

#chose #form #homosexuality #i #like

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#each #feels #grief #imagine #joy

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#failure #meaningless #possibility #then #victory

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. ↗