3 Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes on Perspective

Arthur Schopenhauer quotes on perspective

44. Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

74. Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

115. The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general and when only its most significant features are emphasised, is really a tragedy; but gone through in detail, it has the characteristics of a comedy.