He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERFate shuffles the cards and we play.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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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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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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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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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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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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Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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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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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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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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