All Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
- Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. Arbitrary
- There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. Adversity
- Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. Art
- Music is the melody whose text is the world. Melody
- It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. Avoid
- Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own. Equivalent
- I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. Any
- Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Chance
- To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them. Find
- A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will… All
- Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right. All
- Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering… Capacity
- Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. Entrepreneur
- The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. Achievement
- Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and… Called
- Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune. Acquaintance
- Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. Character
- In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. Absurdity
- Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. Dirty
- The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. Difficulty
- The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for. Ask
- Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity. Constitutes
- The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. Alchemist
- The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. Coming
- Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. Forcing