German - Philosopher | February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
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Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!
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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.
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They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
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Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.
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A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
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Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
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To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.
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