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• Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Mind, Weakness

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.53, 谷月社

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• Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Book, Dry Up, Way

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.35, Publishdrive

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• Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Character, Thinking, Generations

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Two, People, Listening

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated)”, p.65, Full Moon Publications

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• What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Positive, Happiness, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.8, 谷月社

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• Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect., and as a consequence the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Music, Philosophy, Useless

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• Time is that in which all things pass away.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Time, Passing Away, Time Management

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.28, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy a beauty that even the man who sacrifices everything to her can still not be certain of her favors.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Sacrifice, Men, Desire

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.94, Publishdrive

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• Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Animal, Men, Compassion

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.98, Publishdrive

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• Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends whatsoever. They can therefore be used for vivisection, hunting, coursing, bullfights, and horse racing, and can be whipped to death as they struggle along with heavy carts of stone. Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Christian, Horse, Struggle

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• The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Able, Pessimism, Bad Things

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Religion: a Dialogue”, p.132, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• 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

  Science, Power, Errors

  "Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 1, § 17, 2007.

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• All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Understanding, Promise

  "The World as Will and Idea".

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• Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Night, Space, Torches

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.185, Courier Corporation

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• I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Saws, Admiration, Absurd

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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• Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Intensity, Intellect, Magnitude

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• If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Sight, Watches, Letters

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• The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Music, Art, Powerful

  Arthur Schopenhauer (1958). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.257, Courier Corporation

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• This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Stupid, Learned Person, Cases

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.28, 谷月社

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• If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Book, Life Is Short, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.375, Simon and Schuster

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• Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Needs, Kind

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.92, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Wise, Stupid, Fire

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Dog, Stupidity, Mankind

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.72, 谷月社

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• Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary excitement of the sense. Accordingly, we find that imagination is active just in proportion as our sense are not excited by external objects. A long period of solitude, whether in prison or in a sick room; quiet, twilight, darkness-these are the things that promote its activity; and under their influence it comes into play of itself.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Strong, Twilight, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

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• The little incidents and accidents of every day fill us with emotion, anxiety, annoyance, passion, as long as they are close to us, when they appear so big, so important, so serious; but as soon as they are borne down the restless stream of time they lose what significance they had; we think no more of them and soon forget them altogether. They were big only because they were near.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Passion, Thinking, Long

  Arthur Schopenhauer (1902*). “Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: selected and translated by T. Bailey Saunders”

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