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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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

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

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

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

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...

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...

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

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...

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

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...

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong;...

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong;...

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

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...