The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Death Quotes

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present...

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as...

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as...

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

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...

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than our own.

There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than our own.