Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterwards deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Biography
German philosopher. Lived 1788 - 1860
