"Honor means that a man is not exceptional;…" — Arthur Schopenhauer
"Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is."
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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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Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment - a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her…
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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 reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the…
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The present is the only reality and the only certainty.
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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
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There are divisions between a culinary chef and a dessert chef, also called a pastry chef. There are specializations within…
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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is…
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Recently I reviewed the history of many missionaries and found a powerful correlation between exceptional missionaries and mothers who chose…
— Richard G. Scott
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He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe it, because he judged by…
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We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for…
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Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents,…
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Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations,…
— Benoit Mandelbrot
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[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a…
— Rene Descartes
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Exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favored by exceptional circumstances.
— Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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