In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Marriage, Monogamy, Rights, Responsibilities, Social Commentary
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“In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Marriage, Monogamy, Rights, Responsibilities, Social Commentary
Arthur Schopenhauer Marriage, Monogamy, Rights, Responsibilities, Social Commentary“Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Pendulum, Emotional Experience, Duality, Human Condition
Arthur Schopenhauer Life, Pendulum, Emotional Experience, Duality, Human Condition“It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Consciousness, Existential Inquiry, Intellect, Philosophical Critique, Thought Process
Arthur Schopenhauer Consciousness, Existential Inquiry, Intellect, Philosophical Critique, Thought Process“A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Quality, Literature, Intellectual Nourishment, Life Choices
Arthur Schopenhauer Reading, Quality, Literature, Intellectual Nourishment, Life Choices“In reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another’s thoughts.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Thoughts, Individuality, Intellectual Engagement, Influence
Arthur Schopenhauer Reading, Thoughts, Individuality, Intellectual Engagement, Influence“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.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Intelligence, Pain, Suffering, Nature, Complexity Of Being
Arthur Schopenhauer Intelligence, Pain, Suffering, Nature, Complexity Of Being“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Intellect, Awareness, Perception, Human Limitations, Understanding
Arthur Schopenhauer Intellect, Awareness, Perception, Human Limitations, Understanding“The world is my representation.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Perception, Reality, Individuality, Subjectivity, Personal View
Arthur Schopenhauer Perception, Reality, Individuality, Subjectivity, Personal View“For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing, Communication, Clarity, Authenticity, Style
Arthur Schopenhauer Writing, Communication, Clarity, Authenticity, Style“A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of realities.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Philistinism, Boredom, Escape, Societal Critique, Values
Arthur Schopenhauer Philistinism, Boredom, Escape, Societal Critique, Values“There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness, Worldliness, Revelry, Misguided Pursuits, Superficiality
Arthur Schopenhauer Happiness, Worldliness, Revelry, Misguided Pursuits, Superficiality“Journalists are like dogs; whenever anything moves, they begin to bark.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Journalism, Commentary, Observation, Human Behavior, Metaphor
Arthur Schopenhauer Journalism, Commentary, Observation, Human Behavior, Metaphor“In savage countries they eat one another, in civilized they deceive one another; and that is what people call the way of the world!” Arthur Schopenhauer
Civilization, Critique, Human Behavior, Morality, Societal Norms
Arthur Schopenhauer Civilization, Critique, Human Behavior, Morality, Societal Norms“I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Absurdity, Critique, Human Nature, Societal Values, Perception
Arthur Schopenhauer Absurdity, Critique, Human Nature, Societal Values, Perception“If you stroke a cat, it will purr; and, as inevitably, if you praise a man, a sweet expression of delight will appear on his face; and even though the praise is a palpable lie, it will be welcome, if the matter is one on which he prides himself.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Human Nature, Praise, Response, Deception, Emotional Needs
Arthur Schopenhauer Human Nature, Praise, Response, Deception, Emotional Needs“If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Self-interest, Human Nature, Existence, Social Dynamics, Introspection
Arthur Schopenhauer Self-interest, Human Nature, Existence, Social Dynamics, Introspection“Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Wealth, Culture, Happiness, Priorities, Societal Values
Arthur Schopenhauer Wealth, Culture, Happiness, Priorities, Societal Values“For what a man is in himself, what accompanies him when he is alone, what no one can give or take away from him, is obviously more essential for him than everything he has in the way of possessions, or even what he may be in the eyes of the world. An intellectual man in complete solitude has excellent entertainment in his own thoughts and fancies, while no amount of diversity or social pleasure, theatres, excursions and amusements, can ward off boredom from a dullard.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Self-worth, Solitude, Intellectual Life, Human Experience, Inner Richness
Arthur Schopenhauer Self-worth, Solitude, Intellectual Life, Human Experience, Inner Richness