He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERTo 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.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Truth is most beautiful undraped.
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No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
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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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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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The world is my idea.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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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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Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
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The shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
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Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
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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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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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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.
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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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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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