Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes, Fall Quotes, Men Quotes

Man may have the most excellent judgment in all other matters, and yet go wrong in those which concern himself; because here the will comes in and deranges the intellect at once. Therefore let a man take counsel of a friend. A doctor can cure everyone but himself; if he falls ill, he sends for a colleague.

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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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Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

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Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.

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The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad.

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Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.

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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.

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Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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For what is modesty but hypocritical humility, by means of which, in a world swelling with vile envy, a man seeks to beg pardon for his excellences and merits from those who have none? For whoever attributes no merit to himself because he really has none is not modest, but merely honest.

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We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.

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I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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Indeed, intolerance is essential only to monotheism; an only God is by nature a jealous God who will not allow another to live. On the other hand, polytheistic gods are naturally tolerant, they live and let live.

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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

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Faith is like love, it cannot be forced. Therefore it is a dangerous operation if an attempt be made to introduce or bind it by state regulations; for, as the attempt to force love begets hatred, so also to compel religious belief produces rank unbelief.

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In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.

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Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

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No one can transcend their own individuality.

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There is only one inborn error. and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy.

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