Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.”

“A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.”

“It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.”

“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”

“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.”

“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”

“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.”

“Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.”

“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.”

“To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.”