3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice… that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
3 December 2020 Arthur Schopenhauer Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
