The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

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 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...

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great...

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great...

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals...

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals...

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

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...

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer,...

To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer,...