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
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
The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy Arthur Schopenhauer
The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Arthur Schopenhauer
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced Arthur Schopenhauer
Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced
To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish. Arthur Schopenhauer
To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. Arthur Schopenhauer
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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.
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."
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.
Music is the melody whose text is the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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.
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.