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Find important quotes and citations by the author Arthur Schopenhauer.
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To marry is to halve your rights and double your dutiesQuote 1486
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great headQuote 1439
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.Quote 1413
Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the headQuote 1349
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are droppedQuote 1264
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidityMore quotes on the topics: weakness stupidity wickedness attention law
Quote 1233
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortalMore quotes on the topics: changes
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Willpower is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can seeMore quotes on the topics: willpower mind help diligence effort
Quote 941
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredomMore quotes on the topics: caution happiness boredom pain hostility
Quote 933
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happinessMore quotes on the topics: health stupidity happiness transience
Quote 801
Marrying means doing whatever possible to become repulsed of each otherMore quotes on the topics: marriage possibility separation repulse
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The first forty years of our life give the text, the next thirty furnish the commentary upon it, which enables us rightly to understand the true meaning and connection of the text with its moral and its beautiesQuote 243
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.