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I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.

I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Believe, Men, Growth
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.37, Publishdrive

Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Doe, Cost, Life Is
"The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (On the Vanity and Suffering of Life)". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819.

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.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Fall, Men, Doctors
Arthur Schopenhauer (2014). “Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga”, p.50, Courier Corporation

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Eye, Effort, Wicked
Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, Cosimo, Inc.

Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Taken, Ideas
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.84, 谷月社

For our improvement we need a mirror.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Mirrors, Needs, Improvement
"Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851.

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Interesting, Mouths
"Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 29, § 377, 2007.

The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Selfish, Men, Who Cares
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Studies in Pessimism (illustrated)”, p.81, Full Moon Publications

To buy books would be a good thing if we could also buy the time to read them; but the purchase of books is often mistaken for the assimilation and mastering of their contents.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Funny, Book, Reading
"Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays".

Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.

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Wish, Desire, Satisfaction
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.14, 谷月社

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Motivational, Being Strong

Time is that in which all things pass away.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Time, Passing Away, Time Management
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.28, Arthur Schopenhauer

Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Intensity, Intellect, Magnitude

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Saws, Admiration, Absurd
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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 their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Book, Dry Up, Way
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.35, Publishdrive

If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Two, People, Listening
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated)”, p.65, Full Moon Publications

Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Night, Space, Torches
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.185, Courier Corporation

Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Mind, Earth
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]”, p.438, Kshetra Books

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosophical, Law, Opinion
Arthur Schopenhauer (2014). “Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga”, p.55, Courier Corporation

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Knowledge, Library, May
Arthur Schopenhauer (2004). “On the Suffering of the World”, p.71, Penguin UK

I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Long, Noise, Bears
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.65, Publishdrive

Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Character, Thinking, Generations
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Able, Pessimism, Bad Things
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Religion: a Dialogue”, p.132, Arthur Schopenhauer

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Sad, Death, Pain
Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.585, Oxford University Press

If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Gossip, Silence, Secret
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.43, Publishdrive

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