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Less Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- ...In the blessings as well as in the ills of life, less depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which it is…
- Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of…
- Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.
- As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast…
- The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are…
- The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
- A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in…
- As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast…
- A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new…
- To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.
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