"Sleep is to a man what winding up…" — Arthur Schopenhauer
"Sleep is to a man what winding up is to a clock."
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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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More Clock Quotes
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one of 1,056 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.
— Tallulah Bankhead
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I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I…
— Erykah Badu
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
— Alan Ball
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I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in…
— John Barrymore
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There are always deadlines I have to meet. I don't let myself get too close to the deadlines, so it's…
— Scott Adams
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I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course.…
— Lewis Black
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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
— William Blake
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A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving…
— Emily Bronte
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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position…
— Albert Brooks
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I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas.
— Dan Brown
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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