We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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

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

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

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...

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.

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

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

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

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,...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

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

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

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

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

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?