Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.
In the original German
Die Verstellung ist ihm daher angeboren, deshalb auf sahst so sehr dem dummen, wie dem flugen Weibe eigen.
On Women · 1851
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Schopenhauer, Arthur. "On Women." Parerga and Paralipomena, translated by Adrian Del Caro and Christopher Janaway. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Original citation
Schopenhauer, Arthur. "Ueber die Weiber [On Women]." Parerga und Paralipomena. Vol. 2, Berlin: Druck und Verlag von U. W. Haan, 1851.