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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Character Quotes, Trifle Quotes

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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...

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...

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

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

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.

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask...

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask...

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,...

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

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.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

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...