Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes (32 quotations)
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1. A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes. - Arthur Schopenhauer
2. All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer
3. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer
4. As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself. - Arthur Schopenhauer
5. Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out. - Arthur Schopenhauer
6. Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. - Arthur Schopenhauer
7. Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. - Arthur Schopenhauer
8. Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. - Arthur Schopenhauer
9. Compassion is the basis of all morality. - Arthur Schopenhauer
10. Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer
11. Every nation ridicules other nations - and all are right. - Arthur Schopenhauer
12. Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer
13. Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer
14. Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. - Arthur Schopenhauer
15. 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
16. If we weren't all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting we couldn't endure it. - Arthur Schopenhauer
17. If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him. - Arthur Schopenhauer
18. It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. - Arthur Schopenhauer
19. It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. - Arthur Schopenhauer
20. I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. - Arthur Schopenhauer
21. Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. - Arthur Schopenhauer
22. Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. - Arthur Schopenhauer
23. Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but is also a disruption of thought. - Arthur Schopenhauer
24. Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. - Arthur Schopenhauer
25. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer
2. All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer
3. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer
4. As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself. - Arthur Schopenhauer
5. Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out. - Arthur Schopenhauer
6. Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. - Arthur Schopenhauer
7. Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. - Arthur Schopenhauer
8. Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. - Arthur Schopenhauer
9. Compassion is the basis of all morality. - Arthur Schopenhauer
10. Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer
11. Every nation ridicules other nations - and all are right. - Arthur Schopenhauer
12. Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer
13. Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. - Arthur Schopenhauer
14. Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. - Arthur Schopenhauer
15. 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
16. If we weren't all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting we couldn't endure it. - Arthur Schopenhauer
17. If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him. - Arthur Schopenhauer
18. It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. - Arthur Schopenhauer
19. It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. - Arthur Schopenhauer
20. I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. - Arthur Schopenhauer
21. Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. - Arthur Schopenhauer
22. Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. - Arthur Schopenhauer
23. Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but is also a disruption of thought. - Arthur Schopenhauer
24. Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. - Arthur Schopenhauer
25. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer
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