121 Quotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1. A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
- 2. A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
- 3. A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the p ...
- 4. A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendiu ...
- 5. A person should never try to purchase pleasure at the cost of pain, or even at the risk of incurring ...
- 6. A word too much always defeats its purpose.
- 7. After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
- 8. All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, i ...
- 9. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Thir ...
- 10. Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
- 11. As the biggest library, if it is in disorder, is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so ...
- 12. Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Id ...
- 13. Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
- 14. Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the ...
- 15. Care should be taken not to build the happiness of life upon a broad foundation -- which means not t ...
- 16. Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
- 17. Compassion is the basis of all morality.
- 18. Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little yout ...
- 19. Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
- 20. Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.
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