Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only read more

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have read more

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as read more

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.