"If we suspect that a man is lying,……" — Arthur Schopenhauer
"If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked."
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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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If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster…
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary…
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
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Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.
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We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but…
— Mortimer Adler
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left…
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Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
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If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not…
— Maurice Chevalier
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Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be…
— Lawrence Hargrave
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The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves…
— John Playfair
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If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be assured that we will be…
— Ronald E. Poelman
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