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Every human perfection is link...

Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

We may divide thinkers into th...

We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the exception. The first are original thinkers in a double sense, and egotists in the noblest meaning of the word.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

I observed once to Goethe that...

I observed once to Goethe that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away. He replied, 'Yes! because the absent friend is yourself, and he exists only in your head; whereas the friend who is present has an individuality of his own, and moves according to laws of his own, which cannot always be in accordance with those which you form for yourself.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Ist es an und fu? r sich absur...

Ist es an und fu? r sich absurd, das Nichtsein fu? r einUbel zu ? halten; da jedes Ubel wie jedes Gut das Dasein zur Voraussetzung hat, ja sogar das Bewusstsein. It is in and by itself absurd to regard non-existence as an evil; for every evil, like every good, presupposes existence, indeed even consciousness.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Console yourself by rememberin...

Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn't deserve your affection.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

A man must have grown old and ...

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

That arithmetic is the basest ...

That arithmetic is the basest of all mental activities is proved by the fact that it is the only one that can be accomplished by a machine.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Every original idea is first r...

Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

The problem with Germans is th...

The problem with Germans is that they look in the clouds for what lies at their feet.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

We deceive and flatter no one ...

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Life to the great majority is ...

Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

The weakness of their reasonin...

The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Many books serve merely to sho...

Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up...

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

The man who goes up in a ballo...

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Man is never happy, but spends...

Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

The cause of laughter is simpl...

The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Reading is merely a surrogate ...

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Truth that is naked is the mos...

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

Without books the development ...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, 'Lighthouses' as the poet said 'erected in the sea of time.' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

And yet, just as our body woul...

And yet, just as our body would burst asunder if the pressure of the atmosphere were removed from it, so would the arrogance of men expand, if not to the point of bursting then to that of the most unbridled folly, indeed madness, if the pressure of want, toil, calamity and frustration were removed from their life. One can even say that we require at all times a certain quantity of care or sorrow or want, as a ship requires ballast, in order to keep on a straight course.

Arthur Schopenhauer 702 quotes

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