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Merely Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under…
- The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts.
- There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man.
- The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being…
- Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed…
- Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.
- Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.
- With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
- Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely to show how…
- Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of…
- Our civilized world is nothing but a great masquerade. You encounter knights, parsons, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers and a thousand more: but they are…
- Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
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