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“A word too much always defeats its purpose.”

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Book:Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

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Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

The Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer is a comprehensive compilation of the renowned philosopher's writings. It includes his influential essays on various philosophical topics, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of Schopenhauer's thought on morality, aesthetics, and the human condition. more

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a prominent German philosopher born on February 22, 1788, and died on September 21, 1860. He is one of the most important figures in 19th-century German philosophy and is known for his unique pessimistic philosophical ideas. more

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Believe Persons Reason Feelings Faces I Believe Fine Elements Appearance Combination Shock Sensations Surprising New Faces

Book:Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer

Source: Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer

“We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.”

Should Art Speak Waiting Comfort Masterpiece Exalted

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“What makes people hard-hearted is this, that each man has, or fancies he has, as much as he can bear in his own troubles.”

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Book:Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga

Source: Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga

“It is only when a man is alone that he is really free.”

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Whatever folly men commit, be their shortcomings or their vices what they may, let us exercise forbearance; remember that when these faults appear in others it is our follies and vices that we behold.”

Men May Remember Exercise Faults Vices Commit Folly Shortcomings Forbearance

Book:Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

Source: Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

“Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every remeeting a foretaste of the resurrection. That is why even people who are indifferent to each other rejoice so much if they meet again after twenty or thirty years of separation.”

People Ifs Giving Years Twenties Separation Thirty Rejoice Resurrection Indifferent Parting Thirty Years

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Every hero is a Samson. The strong man succumbs to the intrigues of the weak and the many; and if in the end he loses all patience he crushes both them and himself.”

Ifs Men Ends Strong Loses He Man Hero Weak Crush Heroism Intrigue Strong Man Samson

Book:Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer

Source: Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer

“Happiness of any given life is to be measured, not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering-from positive evil.”

Has Beens Happiness Life Is Joy Suffering Evil Given Pleasure Given Life

Book:Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer

Source: Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer

“Scoundrels are always sociable.”

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Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even before he comes near them, the fly lights upon his very nose.”

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Book:Essays from the Parerga and Paralipomena

Source: Essays from the Parerga and Paralipomena