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Arthur Schopenhauer quotes

Deutsch Philosopher February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860

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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. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are..."
If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the miseries of boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries..."
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is..."
...in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone. Arthur Schopenhauer
It is easy to understand that in the dreary middle ages the Aristotelian logic would be very acceptable to the controversial spirit of the schoolmen, which, in the absence of all real knowledge, spent its energy upon mere formulas and words, and that it would be eagerly adopted even in its mutilated Arabian form, and presently established as the centre of all knowledge. 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
Hence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it is bankrupt in thought. Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots! Arthur Schopenhauer
A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that..."
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. 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
Sometimes we credit ourselves with a longing to be in some distant spot, whereas, in truth, we are only longing to have the time back again which we spent there---days when we were younger and fresher than we are now. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "A man can be himself only so long as he is alone."
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without..."
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. 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
Just as one spoils the stomach by overfeeding and thereby impairs the whole body, so can one overload and choke the mind by giving it too much nourishment. For the more one reads the fewer are the traces left of what one has read; the mind is like a tablet that has been written over and over. Hence it is impossible to reflect; and it is only by reflection that one can assimilate what one has read. If one reads straight ahead without pondering over it later, what has been read does not take... Arthur Schopenhauer

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