One should use common words to say uncommon things.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

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

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

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

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...

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.

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.

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

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.

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...

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...

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

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;...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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...

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

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...

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.