The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows us what experimentation without thinking leads to.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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

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

That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression...

That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression...

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

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

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

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

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

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

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.

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...

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

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

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

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...

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...