"A man may call to mind the face……" — Arthur Schopenhauer
"A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself."
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458 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer has 458 quotes on this site.
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Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
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There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise,…
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Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.
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Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.
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Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.
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It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their…
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A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a…
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The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of…
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Of all the intellectual faculties, judgment is the last to mature. A child under the age of fifteen should confine…
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The present is the only reality and the only certainty.
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