"It is only at the first encounter that……" — Arthur Schopenhauer
"It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us."
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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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I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter…
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
— Sai Baba
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As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the…
— Antonio Banderas
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
— David Brin
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but…
— Albert Camus
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
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There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus…
— James E. Faust
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Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as…
— Pope John Paul II
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Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not…
— Douglas Smith
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In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and…
— Unknown Author
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We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God…
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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