Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes - Page 4

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• The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Character, Tragedy, Details

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]”, p.211, Kshetra Books

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• Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  War, Men, Pessimism

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Pain, Philosophical

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• Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.

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  Men, Culture, Becoming

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.7, 谷月社

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• Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Depressing, Errors, Today

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• A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  God, Funny Life, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.25, Publishdrive

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• If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, World, Misery

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• Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophical, Reading, Thinking

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.494, Oxford University Press

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• Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

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  Spiritual, Atheist, Firefly

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• The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Stupid, Silly, Doctors

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Speak

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• If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood?

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Children, Men, Race

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Reading, Trouble, Hours

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• Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence.

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  Believe, Fall, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.584, Courier Corporation

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• There is something in us that is wiser than our head.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Wiser

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• Life is a constant process of dying.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophical, Dying, Life Is

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.40, Publishdrive

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• Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn't deserve your affection.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  World, Affection, Remember

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• He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.

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  Love, Freedom, Solitude

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• There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.

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  Men, Opinion, Global Warming

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Controversy”, p.56, Arthur Schopenhauer

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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.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Pain, Intelligent, World Suffering

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.30, Cosimo Classics

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• The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions have motives.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Roots, Principles, Causes

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• The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind.

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  Mind, Pleasure, Lasting

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.4, 谷月社

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• There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

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  Life, Happiness, Mistake

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.35, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.

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  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.47, 谷月社

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• The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Happiness, Happy, Pain

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