"We deceive and flatter no one by such……" — Arthur Schopenhauer

"We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves."

— 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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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that… — Hannah Arendt
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if… — Pietro Aretino
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect… — Jane Austen
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of… — Stanley Baldwin
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. — Henry Adams
Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you… — Glenn Beck
Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. — Theodor Adorno
I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. — Lucien Bouchard
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in… — Joseph Butler
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. — Taylor Caldwell
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall

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