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

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Other quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Time

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

Distrust Mind

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Intelligence Pain Suffering Nature

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

Nature Women Men

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Life is a constant process of dying.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Wealth

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

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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