The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEROne should use common words to say uncommon things.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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Each day is a little life.
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Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
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The shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts or leave it.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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