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Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Born: Feb 22, 1788
Died: Sep 21, 1860
Every Life Man Time Will You
Related authors: Friedrich Nietzsche Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Immanuel Kant Karl Marx Martin Heidegger Meister Eckhart Oswald Spengler Theodor W. Adorno
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
Time Great You Live Too Related Minds See Great Minds Magnitude Because Buildings Close Square Cannot Which Span Little Them Stand Standing Brief
Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark. Arthur Schopenhauer
Journalists Like Dogs Begin Moves Anything Bark Ever
Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. Arthur Schopenhauer
Character Man Others Pleasure Sign Rascals More He Nobility Takes Always His Chief Any Pity Little Sociable Company
Music is the melody whose text is the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
Music World Melody Text Whose
Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes. Arthur Schopenhauer
Thoughts Eyes Face Wicked Mark Worthless Efforts Gradually Set
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. Arthur Schopenhauer
World Thought Sphere Only Remain Absurdity Periods Masters Dominion Suspended Brief
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune. Arthur Schopenhauer
Money Surest Passport Friends Acquaintances Fortune
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. Arthur Schopenhauer
Great Honesty People Hypocrisy Possess Those Ability Merely Talent Great Talent Limited Modesty Who
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. Arthur Schopenhauer
Man Become Way Ability Only Martyrdom Without Famous
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! Arthur Schopenhauer
Thoughts People Money Win Try Another Because Deal Idiots Cards
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness Health Sacrifice Other Kind Follies Greatest Any
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies. Arthur Schopenhauer
Nature Women Enemies Men Indifferent Merely Another Women Are
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. Arthur Schopenhauer
Buy Time Good Books Would Would-Be Could Good Thing Also Read Them Thing
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer
Positive Life Freedom Pain Consists Freedom From Which Element Satisfaction
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer
Result Will Forcing Obstinacy Intellect Itself Place
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. Arthur Schopenhauer
History Second-Hand Other Properly Only Seldom Also Metal However Hand Inferior Hands Newspapers Works Second
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. Arthur Schopenhauer
Value Other Greater Discovered Gold Many Search Things
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes. Arthur Schopenhauer
Man Looking Enjoy Pleasure Out Hoping Some More Delight Advance Part Particular Look Looking Forward Anything Afterwards Less Forward Satisfaction Enjoyed Flowing
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. Arthur Schopenhauer
Nature Human Nature Wax Politeness Human Warmth
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. Arthur Schopenhauer
Man Honor Lost Must Something Only Exceptional He Fame Won Which Means
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. Arthur Schopenhauer
Trifles Person Shows Treatment
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. Arthur Schopenhauer
Free Give Take Error Person Away
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. Arthur Schopenhauer
Situation Depend Other Side Boredom Inside Rather Both Outside Leads Reverse Than Just Being Fascination
The word of man is the most durable of all material. Arthur Schopenhauer
Man Word Most Material Durable
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. Arthur Schopenhauer
Time Try Be True Difficulty Something True Untrue Same Same Time Teach Multitude
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. Arthur Schopenhauer
Sacrifice Pain Pleasure Clear Order Gain Avoid
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