Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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...

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...

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

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.

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

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

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

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...

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

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

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

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

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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

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

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...

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...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.