“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“A word too much always defeats its purpose.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Time is that in which all things pass away.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“The present is the only reality and the only certainty.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else’s head instead of with one’s own.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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