Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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 wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,...

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,...

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...

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...

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the...

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of 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.

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

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

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...

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great...

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

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...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

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...

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.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.