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One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.

One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Appearance, Impression

It is only the man whose intellect is clouded by his sexual impulse that could give the name of the fair sex to that undersized, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped, and short-legged race.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Sex, Men, Race
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.124, Arthur Schopenhauer

A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Mind, May
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.30, 谷月社

Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into

Arthur Schopenhauer
Errors, Perfection, Turns

Gaiety alone, as it were, is the hard cash of happiness; everything else is just a promissory note.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness And Love, Cash, Notes

It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Suicidal, Answers, Consciousness
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Love Hate, World
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Pride, Proud, Be Proud

Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Book, Men, Race
Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.492, Oxford University Press

Reading is a mere makeshift for original thinking.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Thinking, Mere
Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.492, Oxford University Press

...a genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present an opinion but the thing itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Art, Doe, Lapses
Arthur Schopenhauer (1950). “The World as Will and Idea”

Astrology furnishes a splendid proof of the contemptible subjectivity of men in consequence whereof they refer everything to themselves and from every idea at once go straight back to themselves. Astrology refers the course of celestial bodies to the miserable ego; it also establishes a connection between the comets in heaven and the squabbles and rascalities on earth.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Astrology, Heaven
"Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays".

Man shows his character best in trifles.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Character, Men, Trifles

What a man can do and suffer is unknown to himself till some occasion presents itself which draws out the hidden power. Just as one sees not in the water of an unruffled pond the fury and roar with which it can dash down a steep rock without injury to itself, or how high it is capable of rising; or as little as one can suspect the latent heat in ice-cold water.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Ice, Rocks

Anyone can squash a bug but all professors of this world couldn't build one.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Squash, World, Bugs

We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and the aims till then pursued so keenly, or cheerfully and willingly give up life itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Giving Up, Men, Long
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.253, Courier Corporation

The old woman dies, the burden is lifted.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Burden, Old Woman, Dies
Bryan Magee, Arthur Schopenhauer (1983). “The Philosophy of Schopenhauer”, Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press

There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. The first kind have had thoughts or experiences which seem to them worth communicating, while the second kind need money and consequently write for money.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Two, Firsts
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.15, 谷月社

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Country, Character, Names
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.44, Cosimo Classics

In youth it is the outward aspect of things that most engages us; while in age, thought or reflection is the predominating qualityof the mind. Hence, youth is the time for poetry, and age is more inclined to philosophy. In practical affairs it is the same: a man shapes his resolutions in youth more by the impression that the outward world makes upon him; whereas, when he is old, it is thought that determines his actions.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosophy, Men, Reflection
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.93, 谷月社

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Communication, Philosophical, Men
"Counsels and Maxims" by Arthur Schopenhauer, vol. 2, ch. 25, sect. 298, 1851.

What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Giving, Sublime, World
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.86, Publishdrive

Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Night, Giving, Black
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.68, Arthur Schopenhauer

There is only one healing force, and that is nature; in pills and ointments there is none. At most they can give the healing force of nature a hint about where there is something for it to do.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Healing, Giving, Pills
"Neue Paralipomena (New Paralipomena)". Essay by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1893.

Hence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it is bankrupt in thought. Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots!

Arthur Schopenhauer
Country, Winning, People
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - The Wisdom of Life (illustrated)”, p.21, Full Moon Publications

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