He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEROne should use common words to say uncommon things.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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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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Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Life is a constant process of dying.
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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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If God made this world, then I would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that it breaks my heart.
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Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.
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To be alone is the fate of all great minds – a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.
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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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