It’s the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards. — Arthur Schopenhauer
JedeTrennung gibt einenVorgeschmack desTodesund jedes Wiedersehen einenVorgeschmack der Auferstehung. Every parting is — Arthur Schopenhauer
…this our world, which is so real, with all its suns and milky ways is-nothing. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little — Arthur Schopenhauer
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: — Arthur Schopenhauer
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather — Arthur Schopenhauer
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one — Arthur Schopenhauer
A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is — Arthur Schopenhauer
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. — Arthur Schopenhauer
A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part — Arthur Schopenhauer
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world — Arthur Schopenhauer
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none — Arthur Schopenhauer
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you — Arthur Schopenhauer
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great — Arthur Schopenhauer
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time — Arthur Schopenhauer
For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault — Arthur Schopenhauer