Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in...

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you...

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you...

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

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

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

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...