Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to...

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to...

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.

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.

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

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...

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.