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Deutsch Philosopher February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860

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What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them. Arthur Schopenhauer
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "To live alone is the fate of all great souls."
To live alone is the fate of all great souls. Arthur Schopenhauer
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. Arthur Schopenhauer
A man finds himself, to his great astonishment, suddenly existing, after thousands and thousands of years of non-existence: he lives for a little while; and then, again, comes an equally long period when he must exist no more. The heart rebels against this, and feels that it cannot be true. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a..."
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The business of the novelist is not to relate great events,..."
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting. Arthur Schopenhauer
Our civilized world is nothing but a great masquerade. You encounter knights, parsons, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers and a thousand more: but they are not what they appear - they are merely masks... Usually, as I say, there is nothing but industrialists, businessmen and speculators concealed behind all these masks. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But..."
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty..."
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity. Arthur Schopenhauer

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