German - Philosopher | February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Arthur Schopenhauer
WorkWisdomHeartGreatActionHead
A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.
ManThoughtsFaceInterestingMouth
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
MoneyFriendsPassportFortune
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
HonorLostMustOnlyWon
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
ValueGoldSearchThingsGreater
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
LiveGreatTimeStandYouBuildings
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
LifeTruthManThoughtsSomeoneOwn
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
WiseFoolsSaidDoneSameAlways
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
LoveFreedomAloneManSolitudeHe
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
NatureSufferingChanceWillNever
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.
TimeBe TrueTeachTrueTrySame
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
WorkArtTreatSpeakYouFirst
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