Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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...

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

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...

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

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

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and...

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and...

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

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.

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...

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 doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian...

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

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,...

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

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...

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you...

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you...

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in...

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in...

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls -...

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls -...