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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

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.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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.

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

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

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

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