Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

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...

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

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...

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of...

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of...

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...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

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.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

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...

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.

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.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the...

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the...

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven his own way.

All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven his own way.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief