Quote #74
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
More from Arthur Schopenhauer
- Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.
- Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.
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- Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.
- There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome - to be got over.
- There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy?
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- Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.