The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one...

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one...

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.

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...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

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...

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...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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...

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

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

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

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...

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of...

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of...

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...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

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

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

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

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.

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.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...