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Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.
Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child.
The World as Will and Representation (1819)
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
The presence of a thought is like the presence of a lover.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does harm; sooner or later it will bring mischief to the man who harbors it.
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence?
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune that has already been played innumerable times, movement by movement and measure by measure, with insignificant variations.
The World as Will and Representation (1819)
Christianity taught only what the whole of Asia knew already long before and even better.
This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration.
The World as Will and Representation (1819)
Our happiness depends on what we are, our individuality, whereas in most cases we take into account only our fate, only what we have or represent.
A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.
If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
If the quality of society could be replaced by quantity, it would be worth while to live in the world at large; but unfortunately a hundred fools in a crowd still do not produce one intelligent man.
Aristocracies are of three kinds: (1) of birth and rank; (2) of wealth; and (3) of intellect. The last is really the most distinguished of the three.
The old woman dies, the burden is lifted.
The allegory was finally completed by Augustine, who penetrated deepest into its meaning, and so was able to conceive it as a systematic whole and supply its defects.
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)