“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
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: learning
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth
“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: nature
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The greatest of follies is to sacrifice
“The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: happiness
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Men are by nature merely indifferent to
“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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A man can be himself only so
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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In action a great heart is the
“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: great
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Every possession and every happiness is but
“Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: happiness
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out
“Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: sympathy
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Buying books would be a good thing
“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
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: time
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All truth passes through three stages. First,
“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
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: truth
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Each day is a little life: every
“Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: death
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