It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

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...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

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...

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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;...

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

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.

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

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 two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of...

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of...

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

We know the presence of each passing moment by its activity, but the power and...

We know the presence of each passing moment by its activity, but the power and...

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the...

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the...