Quotations
Daily Trivia & Humor
Photo Galleries
Learn Spanish Resources
Sister Sites
| Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. | Aging |
| 2 | A word too much always defeats its purpose. | Books |
| 3 | Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. | Change |
| 4 | Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. | Dreams |
| 5 | Everyone's friend is no one's. | Friendship |
| 6 | The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad. | Honor |
| 7 | Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. The absence of fame is obscurity, which is only a negative; but a loss of honor is shame, which is a positive quality. | Honor |
| 8 | It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. | Honor |
| 9 | Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones. | Idleness |
| 10 | Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other not live. | Life |
| Displaying 1 to 11 of 17 Schopenhauer quotes |

