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Arthur Schopenhauer quotes

Deutsch Philosopher February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860

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Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the..."
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
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish"
To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own."
Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally..."
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests..."
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away."
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies..."
Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large..."
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with..."
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. Arthur Schopenhauer
For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for..."
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does harm; sooner or later it will bring mischief to the man who harbors it. Arthur Schopenhauer
Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night. Arthur Schopenhauer
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. Arthur Schopenhauer

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