Arthur Schopenhauer

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Human life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I’ve never known any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man’s property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If we are distracted and read thoughtlessly, and then realize that we have indeed taken in all the words, but no concepts.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

Arthur Schopenhauer