The greatest of follies is to sacrifice... by Arthur Schopenhauer | We Heart Quotes

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The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Other quotes by 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

Talent

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Time

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Thoughts Money People

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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