Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.
Schopenhauer, Arthur