Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression...

That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression...

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,...

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,...

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

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...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

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...

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to...

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to...

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same...

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same...

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

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...

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

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

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great...

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great...