Great men are like eagles and build thei... by Arthur Schopenhauer | We Heart Quotes

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Great men are like eagles and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Other quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Fortune Friends

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Morality

Compassion is the basis of morality.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Dogs

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Vision Man World

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Mind Power Man Will

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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You will go most safely in the middle.

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He who can believe himself well, will be well.

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In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.

- Francois Rabelais