Arthur Schopenhauer Quote

For a happy life, one must always understand 'less unhappy'; that is, bearable. And truly, life has not been given to us to enjoy, but to endure, to pay for it.

Envy in men shows how unhappy they feel, and their constant attention to what others do or fail to do shows how bored they are.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The first forty years of life give us the text; the following thirty, the commentary.

Arthur Schopenhauer

In music, all feelings return to their pure state, and the world is nothing but music made real.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Anger does not allow us to know what we do, much less what we say.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Everyone has the maximum memory for what interests them and the minimum for what does not interest them.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Often things are not given to the one who deserves them the most, but to the one who knows how to ask for them insistently.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Solitude is the fate of all excellent spirits.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Friends are usually considered sincere; enemies truly are: for this reason, it is excellent advice to take advantage of all their criticisms to get to know ourselves a little better, it's similar to using a bitter medicine.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Wealth is like salt water; the more you drink, the thirstier you become.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Fate shuffles the cards, and we play them.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Kindness is like a cushion, which even if it has nothing inside, at least cushions the blows of life.

Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no favorable wind for the one who does not know to which port he is heading.

Arthur Schopenhauer