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Doe Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts.
- When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen because he does not wish it, and that what…
- A man never is happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so; he seldom attains his…
- Life is a business that does not cover the costs.
- A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.
- Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell…
- The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.
- ...a genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present an…
- To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does…
- He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
- Just as one spoils the stomach by overfeeding and thereby impairs the whole body, so can one overload and choke the mind by giving it…
- A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for…
- Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
- Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy…
- How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the…
- He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.
More Doe Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi