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Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

Arthur Schopenhauer
War, Men, Pessimism
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.44, 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

Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Noise, Pessimism, Form
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

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

Arthur Schopenhauer
Giving, Pessimism, Reason
Arthur, Schopenhauer (2016). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.55, Aegitas

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Mystery, Pessimism, Inexplicable
"Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 1, § 1, 2007.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosophical, Pessimism, Stubbornness
Arthur Schopenhauer (2013). “Religion From the Essays of Arhur Schopenhauer”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

Every human perfection is allied to a defect into which it threatens to pass, but it is also true that every defect is allied to a perfection.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Perfection, Pessimism, Defects
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “On Human Nature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.7, 谷月社

This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration.

Arthur Schopenhauer
World, Limits, Pessimism
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.273, Courier Corporation

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