Arthur Schopenhauer

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.