"The two foes of human happiness are pain…" — Arthur Schopenhauer

"The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom"

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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458 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer has 458 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise,…
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.
Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment - a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her…
Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.
It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their…
A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a…
The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of…
Of all the intellectual faculties, judgment is the last to mature. A child under the age of fifteen should confine…
The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the…
The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
I have a fear of being boring. — Christian Bale
No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. — Robert Adams
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that… — Renata Adler
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life… — Joseph Brodsky
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do. — Lenny Bruce
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so… — Warren Buffett
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom. — William S. Burroughs

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