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Cognitive biases1 quote
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Fame1 quote
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Genius1 quote
The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1819Greed1 quote
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Happiness1 quote
The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Marriage1 quote
To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1819Mornings1 quote
Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Myopia1 quote
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Nature of women1 quote
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Obstacles to happiness1 quote
The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Parochialism1 quote
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Perception1 quote
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Perspective1 quote
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Philistinism1 quote
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. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Saying goodbye1 quote
Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Talent1 quote
The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1819Truth1 quote
To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as trivial. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1818Wealth1 quote
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851