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...
Arthur Schopenhauer History
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial. Arthur Schopenhauer
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude Arthur Schopenhauer
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude
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.
No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose. Arthur Schopenhauer
No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
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.
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.
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.
If 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
If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.
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.
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.
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Schopenhauer
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.