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Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

age

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

alone

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

alone

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

alone

Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

anger

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

art

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

art

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

best

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

change

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

death

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

death

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

death

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

death

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

death

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

famous

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

freedom

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

good

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

great

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

great

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

great

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

great

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

great

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

great

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

happiness

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

happiness

Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

happiness

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

happiness

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

health

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

history

Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

intelligence

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

intelligence

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

knowledge

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

knowledge

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

learning

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

learning

Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

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.

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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