1788–1860
Arthur Schopenhauer
The most caustic thinker in the German language. He held the world to be badly arranged and wrote about it so clearly that reading him is almost a pleasure.
“Everyone takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
Arthur Schopenhauer · Parerga and Paralipomena
“Wealth is like seawater: the more you drink, the thirstier you become.”
Arthur Schopenhauer · Parerga and Paralipomena
“People become sociable out of poverty of self.”
Arthur Schopenhauer · Parerga and Paralipomena
“Every day is a small life. Whoever throws it away throws away no small thing.”
Arthur Schopenhauer · Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena and The World as Will and Representation, public domain. English rendering made for this site.