"If we were not all so…" — Arthur Schopenhauer

UNVERIFIED

如果我们不都对自己如此过分感兴趣，生活将变得如此无趣，以至于我们谁也无法忍受。

Unverified

We haven't checked the source or attribution.

Our editorial team hasn't reviewed this quote yet, so neither its source nor its attribution has been confirmed. Treat it as unverified for now.

Translations

“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; the same is true of fame”

“Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.”

“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.”

FEATURED QUOTES

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.”

“For years my heart sought the Cup of Jamshid from me — and begged from strangers what it...”

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude”

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

“We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.”

“Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success”

“You can have a job, or you can have a career, or you can have a calling. If you can someho...”

“Success at anything will always come down to this: focus and effort. And we control both.”

“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”

“Inhale the future, exhale the past”