Quotes by Schopenhauer, Arthur

Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than f >>

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. >>

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in >>

Quotations about Ability

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. >>

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. >>

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what t >>

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

Schopenhauer, Arthur