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To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.

To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Men, Genius
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.351, Simon and Schuster

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Funny, Writing, Humor
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.12, Publishdrive

One should use common words to say uncommon things

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Use, Common
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer (illustrated)”, p.30, Full Moon Publications

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Beautiful, Writing, Expression
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.29, 谷月社

I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Plato, Writing, Development
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.417, Courier Corporation

No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Sake, Subjects
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.6, 谷月社

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Interesting, Novelists
Arthur Schopenhauer (1904). “The Art of Literature (illustrated)”, p.50, Full Moon Publications

A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Should, Clear
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.20, 谷月社

He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Doe, Importance
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.21, 谷月社

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Opposites, Giving
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.18, 谷月社

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

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.

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

The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Style, Firsts

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Honesty, Writing, Littles
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.22, 谷月社

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 truth is that when an author begins to write for the sake of covering paper, he is cheating the reader; because he writes under the pretext that he has something to say.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Cheating, Writing, Two
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.6, 谷月社

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