Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERGreat men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEROne should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERHope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERLife is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMen are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERNo rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERFate shuffles the cards and we play.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERHappiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIt is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEREvery parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER