One should use common words to say uncommon things. – Arthur Schopenhauer
When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. – Arthur Schopenhauer
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. – Arthur Schopenhauer
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. – Arthur Schopenhauer
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us. – Arthur Schopenhauer
The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. – Arthur Schopenhauer
I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Compassion is the basis of morality. – Arthur Schopenhauer
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. – Arthur Schopenhauer
It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character. – Arthur Schopenhauer
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