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Firsts Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their youth show only the first…
- The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.
- Were an Asiatic to ask me for a definition of Europe, I should be forced to answer him: It is that part of the world…
- A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.
- Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
- First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.
- The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.
- There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake.
- There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. ... The…
- We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the…
- Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.
- All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
- Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
- To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.
- If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
- It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
- the brut first knows death when it dies, but man draws consciously nearer to it every hour that he lives; and this makes his life…
- What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and…
- The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than…
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