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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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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.