Quotes about Arthur schopenhauer

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A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his — nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people.
Honor has not to be won — it must only not be lost.
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time — a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
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 this world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
Schopenhauer said only men had the total objectivity necessary for genius, and that you only had to look at a woman’s sh — Jacky Fleming, The Trouble With Women
However, the struggle with that sentinel is, as a rule, not so hard as it may seem from a long way off, mainly in conseq — Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
Genius is among other minds what the carbuncle is among gemstones — it radiates its own light while the others only reflect what they receive.
People's envy shows how unhappy they feel — their constant attention to the doings of others how bored they are.
It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time to read them — but one usually confuses the purchase of books with the acquisition of their contents.