To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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...

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

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

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

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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,...

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

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.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

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...

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society.

Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized