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Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes


A German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity.
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the phenomenal world.

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Compassion is the basis of all morality.

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Money is human happiness in the abstract.

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Time is that in which all things pass away.

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Change alone is eternal perpetual immortal.

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Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself.

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Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

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Any book which is at all important should be re-read immediately.

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A man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

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Not to go to the theatre is like making one's toilet without a mirror.

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To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

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Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the business man.

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Fame is something which must be won; honour is something which must not be lost.

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Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes ennui of the higher ones.

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It is in trifles and when he is off his guard that a man best shows his character.

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