Compassion is the basis of morality.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

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...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

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

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

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.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

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...

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,...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

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

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

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.