Arthur Schopenhauer on people
Arthur Schopenhauer53 quotes“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
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I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer The world is my idea.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Truth is most beautiful undraped.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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