“Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Money, Happiness
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“Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Nationalism
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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Genius, Solitude
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“A healthy beggar is happier than a sick king.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Health, Illness, Happiness, Wealth
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“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Nationalism, Stupidity
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“The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Happiness
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“There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Meaning of Life, Happiness
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“Ordinary people merely think how they shall ‘spend’ their time; a man of talent tries to ‘use’ it.”
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Topic: Time, Talent, Action
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“Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.”