If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same...

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same...

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals...

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals...

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,...

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...

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...

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one...

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

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

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

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

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

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too...

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and...