"It often happens that we blurt out things……" — Arthur Schopenhauer
"It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things that may make us look ridiculous; because in this case effect follows very quickly on cause."
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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458 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
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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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What can we writers learn from lizards, lift from birds? In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more…
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Whenever I stumble over my own feet, or blurt out a thought that makes no sense at all, or leave…
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I also have that desire to blurt stuff out, but I've learned I can't do that. Not when you realise…
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I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.
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Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.
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All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever.…
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I'm on the air five hours, and I blurt out anything in my head. Dangerous? Maybe.
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If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't…
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We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets -…
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