Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Death Quotes

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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

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

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a...

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

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

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

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

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...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

Stupidity is a force unto itself.

Stupidity is a force unto itself.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.