Arthur Schopenhauer ( 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, in which he characterizes...
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure. Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure.
Compassion is the basis of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. Arthur Schopenhauer
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish. Arthur Schopenhauer
To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish.
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills. Arthur Schopenhauer
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial. Arthur Schopenhauer
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man. Arthur Schopenhauer
A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man.
Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability. Arthur Schopenhauer
Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
Marrying means to halve one's rights and double one's dutie. Arthur Schopenhauer
Marrying means to halve one's rights and double one's dutie.
Music is the melody whose text is the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
Music is the melody whose text is the world.
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it. Arthur Schopenhauer
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked. Arthur Schopenhauer
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting." Arthur Schopenhauer
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting."
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience. Arthur Schopenhauer
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others. Arthur Schopenhauer
What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others.
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. Arthur Schopenhauer
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts. Arthur Schopenhauer
He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. Arthur Schopenhauer
One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own. Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own.
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does harm; sooner or later it will bring mischief to the man who harbors it. Arthur Schopenhauer
To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does harm; sooner or later it will bring mischief to the man who harbors it.
We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack. Arthur Schopenhauer
We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack.
We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. Arthur Schopenhauer
We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
Life is a constant process of dying Arthur Schopenhauer
Life is a constant process of dying
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it Arthur Schopenhauer
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it
Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company. Arthur Schopenhauer
Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.
Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first. Arthur Schopenhauer
Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.
