Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

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.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

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

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

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

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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

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

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

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.

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

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

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...

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible