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"48 Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 22 February 1788. Died: 21 September 1860 | Philosopher |

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies

Men By nature Indifferent to But women
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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy

With people Moderate ability Mere honesty Great talent
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The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Greatest Follies Sacrifice health Other kind
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The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Two enemies Human happiness Pain Boredom
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They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice,that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

Suicide is Greatest piece Cowardice Is wrong
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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Will power.a strong Blind man Who carries His shoulders
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Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Treat Work Art A prince
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Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Hatred An affair The heart Contempt
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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone Is eternal Perpetual Immortal
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The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity

Doctor sees The weakness Mankind Lawyer
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There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome ,to be got over

Life Is given Be enjoyed Be overcome
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The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

The difficulty To try Teach Something can
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

More unintelligent Man is Less mysterious Existence seems
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The present is the only reality and the only certainty

The present Only reality Only certainty
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The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

The longer Man's fame.to last Coming
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Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost

Fame Is something Be won Honor
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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Wealth Sea water We drink The thirstier
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Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.

Vengeance taken Tear The heart Torment
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Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another

Suffering By nature So painful Inflicted
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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Clear gain Sacrifice pleasure Avoid pain
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people.

We forfeit Three fourths Ourselves Other people
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If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

So interested In ourselves Life So uninterested
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Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world

Everyone takes The limits Own vision The world
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness Human nature Warmth To wax
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Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

Every possession Every happiness By chance Uncertain time
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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Nature shows The growth Intelligence Increased capacity
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Our sorrows Spring out Our relations Other people
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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.

Sleep The interest To pay Capital
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To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
Live alone The fate Great souls
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The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

Greatest achievements Human mind Generally received Distrust
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The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

The man Never feels What it Never occurs
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

Great minds Brief span Time Great buildings
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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties

Monogamous part The world Marry One's rights
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

All truth Passes through Ridiculed Violently opposed
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The word of man is the most durable of all material.

The word Man Most durable All material
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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

In action Great heart Chief qualification In work
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Great men Like eagles Build Their nest
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Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Wicked thought Worthless Efforts gradually The face
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Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Reading Equivalent Thinking Someone else
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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

The death Our enemies Much regret We feel
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Talent Can hit Genius Can see
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Intellect is invisible to the man who has none

Intellect Is invisible The man Has none
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No one can transcend their own individuality

No one Can transcend Own individuality
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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists Freedom From pain Positive element
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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends Acquaintances Surest passport To fortune
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Time is that in which all things pass away
Time All things Pass away
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

Ordinary people Think how Spend Their time
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A word too much always defeats its purpose.

A word Too much Always defeats Its purpose
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Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes & Sayings