Arthur Schopenhauer is one of the most famous German philosophers and thinkers, a follower of the ideas of irrationalism and misanthropy, as well as the philosophy of the Ancient East. The famous philosopher was born on February 22, 1788 in the city of Gdans, Rzeczpospolita (modern Poland) in a fairly prosperous family of a representative of a large trading company. Thanks to his father, Heinrich Schopenhauer, Arthur managed to get a good education - first at the private gymnasium Runke, and then at the University of Göttingen at the Faculty of Medicine and Philosophy.
In 1811, Schopenhauer graduated from the University of Götingen and received the title of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Jena in absentia. In the same year, the future philosopher moved to Berlin, where he became a follower of the then famous philosopher Fichte.
After the battles of Baszeen and Lutzen, Schopenhauer had to flee Berlin and seek refuge in Saxony, where he worked as a translator and wrote his work "On the Four Root of the Law of Sufficient Reason", which was published only in 1813. After that, the famous philosopher writes and publishes another of his work "The World as Will and Representation", which brings him real popularity. After writing these works, Schopenhauer dreams of becoming a professor at one of the universities in Berlin, but after several setbacks he sets off to travel around Europe.
In 1833, Arthur Schopenhauer settled in Frankfurt am Main, where he lived without a break for 28 years. In April 1860, the famous philosopher began to have serious health problems.
The most famous German philosopher died on September 21, 1860. After himself, Arthur Schopenhauer left a huge legacy in the form of his philosophical works, which are used in this science to this day.
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"A doctor sees a person in all his weakness, a lawyer in all his meanness, a theologian in all his stupidity."
“Just as a medicine fails to achieve its goal if the dose is too great, so does blame and criticism when they go overboard.”
"Each person can be himself only while he is alone."
"The true character of a person is reflected in the little things when he stops looking after himself."
"Every child is to some extent a genius and every genius is to some extent a child."
“Wealth is like sea \u200b\u200bwater, from which the thirst intensifies the more you drink. "
"A person's face expresses more and more interesting things than his mouth: the lips express only the thought of a person, the face - the thought of nature."
"We do not deceive anyone so cleverly and do not bypass flattery, as ourselves."
"There is no more wonderful consolation for an old man than to see all the power of his youth, embodied in works that will not grow old like him."
"What people usually call fate is, in essence, just a collection of stupid things they have done."
"He who denies reason in higher animals must himself have a little of it."
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Arthur Schopenhauer is one of the most prominent German philosophers. Arthur built a theory of his philosophy, relying on three sources: the philosophy of Plato, the ancient Indian treatise of the Upanishads and the transcendental philosophy of Kant. His philosophy was the first attempt to combine Western and oriental culture... The biggest difficulty with this merger was that the Eastern style of thinking was irrational and the Western one was rational. The difference between the eastern style of thinking and the western one was that the irrational style was based on a purely mystical approach, that is, on the belief in the existence of higher forces unproven by science that control human life from outside. These two theories are united by the idea that came to us from ancient mythology - that in addition to the world in which we live, we exist parallel Worldsthat defy our reason and science. But our life becomes contradictory if we do not take this idea into circulation.
Arthur Schopenhauer quotes
A child's hour is longer than an old man's day
From the point of view of youth, life is an endless future; from the point of view of old age, it is a very short past.
There is only one inherent mistake - the belief that we were born to be happy.
The thoughts of great minds do not tolerate filtration through the ordinary head.
If you want to subjugate everything, subordinate yourself to reason.
Each person can be completely himself only while he is alone.
What is in a person is undoubtedly more important than thatwhat a person has.
The only man who cannot live without women is a gynecologist.
Each sees in the other only that which is contained in himself, for he can comprehend him and understand him only to the extent of his own intellect.
Disease is a healing agent of nature itself with the aim of eliminating disorder in the body; therefore, medicine comes only to the aid of the healing power of nature.
And what people call fate is mostly just their own stupid antics.
Every time a person dies, a certain world that he carries in his head perishes; the more intelligent the head, the more distinct, clearer, more significant, wider this world, the more terrible its death.
As a worker, working on the construction of a building, either does not know or does not always clearly imagine the plan of the whole, so a person, serving individual days and hours of his life, does not have a general idea of \u200b\u200bthe course and nature of his existence.
He who does not like loneliness does not like freedom, for only in loneliness can one be free.
We need to restrain our imagination in everything that concerns our happiness or unhappiness.
A truly appropriate treatment between two people, instead of Sir or Master, ... must be my companion in misfortune. As strange as it sounds, it agrees with the facts and presents the other person in the most correct light, and also reminds us of this most necessary thing - tolerance, patience, indulgence and love for our neighbor, which each of us needs from others and which we owe give to another.
In order to assess a person's position from the point of view of happiness, one must know not what gives him satisfaction, but what is capable of saddening him, and the more insignificant this last, the happier the person: in order to be sensitive to trifles, one must live in a certain contentment: in unhappiness, after all, we do not feel them at all.
Fate shuffles the cards, and we play.
Compassion for animals is so closely related to kindness of character that it is safe to say that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a kind person.
Deep truths can only be seen, not calculated, that is, for the first time you will know them, directly overshadowed by an instant impression.
For each person, the neighbor is a mirror from which his own vices look at him; but a man acts like a dog barking at a mirror under the assumption that he sees not himself there, but another dog.
If the nonsense that we have to hear in conversation begins to anger us, we must imagine that this is a comic scene between two fools; it is the most tested remedy.
Life is a night spent in deep sleep, often turning into a nightmare.
In some parts of the world there are monkeys, in Europe there are French, which is almost the same thing.
Any lie and absurdity are usually exposed because at the moment of their apogee, an internal contradiction is revealed in them.
Politeness, like a gambling brand, is an openly acknowledged counterfeit coin. Stinginess on her proves meagerness, generosity, on the contrary - intelligence. Whoever brings politeness to a donation with real interests is like a person distributing real gold coins instead of stamps.
The inner emptiness serves as a true source of boredom, forever pushing the subject in pursuit of external excitements in order to at least somehow stir up the mind and soul.
The sages of all ages have always said the same thing, and the fools, who have always made up the vast majority, have done the same thing all the time - just the opposite; this will continue in the future.
He who criticizes others is working on his own correction.
My philosophy gave me absolutely no income, but it saved me a lot of expenses.
The Germans are reproached for always imitating the French and English in everything; but they forget that this is the smartest thing that they, as a nation, could do, because on their own they would not have produced anything efficient and good.
Man is the only animal that hurts others with no other purpose.
When people come into close communication with each other, their behavior resembles porcupines trying to keep warm on a cold winter night. They are cold, they press against each other, but the harder they do it, the more painful they are to prick each other with their long needles. Forced because of the pain of the injections to disperse, they again come together because of the cold, and so - all night long.
The more a person has in himself, the less he needs from the outside, the less other people can give him.
A person gifted with spiritual forces of a higher order pursues tasks that do not fit with earnings.
Death is the inspiring muse of philosophy: without it, philosophy would hardly even exist.
Born in order to direct the world through the sea of \u200b\u200blies to the truth and bring it out of the deep abyss of savagery and vulgarity - to the light, to high culture and nobility, - although they live among people, however, they still do not belong, in essence, to their society, and therefore already from their youth they recognize themselves as being significantly different from them; however, a completely clear awareness of this does not take shape immediately, but over the years.
Constant mental labor makes us more or less unfit for the cares and worries of real life.
At the end of life, it goes on like at the end of a masquerade, when the masks are removed.
Bad books are not only useless, but positively harmful. After all, nine-tenths of the current literature are only then published in order to lure a couple of extra thalers out of the pocket of the gullible public.
One of the significant obstacles to the development of the human race should be considered the fact that people obey not the one who is smarter than others, but the one who speaks loudest.
The sociability of people is not based on love for society, but on the fear of loneliness.
Don't tell your friend what your enemy shouldn't know.
Anyone can study science - one with more, the other with less difficulty. But everyone gets from art as much as he is able to give.
Only by the end of a certain period of life, and even by the end of life itself, we can correctly judge our actions and creations, understand their connection and cohesion and, finally, appreciate them.
Whoever attaches great importance to people's opinions does too much honor to them.
A healthy beggar is happier than a sick king.
Faith and knowledge are two scales: the higher one, the lower the other.
In order to voluntarily and freely recognize and appreciate other people's dignity, you must have your own.
When a person took all suffering and torment to hell, there was nothing left for heaven but boredom.
People are made sociable by their inability to endure loneliness - that is, themselves.
The world is a hospital for the incurable.
This is the power of truth: its victory is difficult and painful, but once won, it can no longer be rejected.
Life and dreams are pages of the same book.
If you suspect someone of lying - pretend that you believe him, then he lies more rudely and gets caught. If in his words a truth slipped through that he would like to hide, pretend not to believe; he will tell the rest of the truth as well.
We rarely think about what we have, but we always worry about what we don't have.
Solitude relieves us of the need to live constantly in front of others and, therefore, reckon with their opinions ...
A doctor sees a person in all his weakness, a lawyer in all his meanness, a theologian in all his stupidity.
Wealth is like salt water: the more you drink, the more thirsty.
Each person can be listened to, but not everyone is worth talking to.
The similarity between genius and insane is that both live in a completely different world than all other people.
The true character of a person is reflected precisely in the little things, when he stops taking care of himself.
You should not be annoyed with human baseness: no matter what they say about her, she is strength.
A man of genius is not only a moral being, as ordinary people are; on the contrary, he is the bearer of the intellect of many centuries and of the whole world. He therefore lives more for the sake of others than for himself.
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Every child is partly a genius, and every genius is partly a child.
The cheapest pride is national pride.
In practical life, a genius is no more useful than a telescope in a theater.
To get married is to halve your rights and double your responsibilities.
To erect a monument to someone during his lifetime means to declare that there is no hope that his offspring will not forget him.
The suicide stops living precisely because he cannot stop wanting.
Life from the point of view of youth is an endless future; from the point of view of old age - a very short past.
My time and I do not correspond to each other; it is clear.
Love is a big hindrance in life.
We do not deceive anyone so cleverly and do not flatter ourselves as we ourselves.
It is easy to preach morality, it is difficult to justify it.
There are few good features in the national character: after all, the crowd is its subject.
He who does not like loneliness does not like freedom.
A doctor sees a man in all his weakness, a lawyer in all his meanness, a theologian in all his stupidity.
What a person has is undoubtedly more important than what a person has.
Individual person weak as an abandoned Robinson; only in community with others can he do much.
The average person is preoccupied with how to kill time, while a talented person seeks to use it.
I stuck to the truth, not the Lord God.
He who loves the truth hates the gods, both in the singular and in the plural.
Faith and knowledge are two scales: the higher one, the lower the other.
People would hardly have become philosophical if there had not been death.
"Why" can be called the mother of all sciences.
My whole philosophy can be formulated in one expression: the world is the self-knowledge of the will.
Everything that is done, from the greatest to the last detail, must be done.
Alone, everyone sees in himself what he really is.
True friendship is one of those things that, like giant sea snakes, are unknown, whether they are fictional or exist somewhere.
The layman is a person who is constantly and with great seriousness busy with a reality that is not really real.
What people usually call fate is, in essence, just a set of stupidities that we have committed.
There is no better consolation in old age than the realization that all the power of youth has been embodied in creations that do not age.
From the point of view of youth, life is an infinitely long future; from the point of view of old age - a very short past.
The fool chases after pleasures and finds disappointment, the sage only avoids grief.
Of personal qualities, a cheerful disposition most directly contributes to our happiness.
Objectively - honor is the opinion of others about our value, and subjectively - our fear of this opinion.
The true character of a person is reflected precisely in the little things, when he stops looking after himself.
It is better to reveal your mind in silence than in conversation.
The state is a "muzzle".
For those who know how to think, the movement from a push is in no way more understandable than the movement from attraction: the forces of nature unknown to us lie at the heart of both phenomena.
Free means in no way subject to necessity, that is, independent of any foundation.
To contemplate what might happen is tedious for the mind, and to contemplate what has already happened requires only external senses.
For many, the smartest will think: "I will not change it, so I will try to use it."
It is known that troubles become easier when they are endured together; among them people seem to include boredom, which is why they arrange meetings to be bored together.
Each has for the other only the meaning that he has for him.
Thousands of pleasures do not pay off one suffering.
Each deed of a person is a necessary product of his character and the coming motive.
The character is unchanged.
Life is short, but truth works far and lives long; let us tell the truth!
Solitude relieves us of the need to live constantly in front of others and, therefore, reckon with their opinions.
It would be too much honor for them to value people's opinions highly.
Progress is a nineteenth-century dream, just as the resurrection from the dead was a tenth-century dream; each time has its own dreams.
All suffering is nothing more than an unfulfilled and suppressed desire.
People are like watch mechanisms that start and run without knowing why.
My philosophy gave me absolutely no income, but it saved me from a lot of expenses.
There will come a generation that will happily approve of my every line.
My philosophy gave me nothing, but it preserved a lot.
The radiation of the Upanishads was the consolation of my life and will be a consolation when I die.
My metaphysics is knowledge expressed in clear terms, gleaned from intuition.
Since ancient times, people have been spoken of as a microcosm. I turned this position over and found out that the world is a macroanthropos.
You must understand nature from yourself, not yourself from nature. This is my revolutionary principle.
Every true thinker is in a certain sense like a monarch: he is direct and does not recognize anyone above him.
1. Each person can be completely himself only while he is alone
2. Health so far outweighs all other blessings of life that a truly healthy beggar is happier than a sick king
3. To get married means to halve your rights and double your responsibilities.
4. In sickness or grief, the memory paints us every painless or needless hour as infinitely enviable as a lost paradise. But going through our red days, we do not notice them at all and miss them only when the black ones come.
5. In old age, there is no better consolation than the knowledge that all strength in youth is devoted to a work that does not age
6. The fool chases after pleasures and finds disappointment, the sage only avoids grief
7. The average person is preoccupied with how to kill time, while a talented person seeks to use it.
8. Nine-tenths of our happiness depends on health
9. There is only one inherent mistake - this is the belief that we were born to be happy.
10. True friendship is one of those things about which, like giant sea snakes, it is not known whether they are fictional or exist somewhere
11. The true character of a person is reflected precisely in the little things, when he stops looking after himself
12. It is better to find your mind in silence than in conversation.
13. Between genius and insane, the similarity is that both live in a completely different world than all other people
14. Just as a medicine fails to achieve its goal if the dose is too great, so does blame and criticism when they go overboard.
15. Vanity makes a person talkative
16. Honor is an outer conscience, and conscience is an inner honor
17. Don't tell your friend what your enemy shouldn't know.
18. If you do not want to make enemies for yourself, then try not to show your superiority over people.
19. To erect a monument to someone during his lifetime means to declare that there is no hope that his offspring will not forget him.
20. Those who hope to become philosophers by studying the history of philosophy should rather learn from it the conviction that philosophers will be born, as well as poets, and moreover much less often.
21. Appreciating people's opinions will be too much honor for them.
22. Each sees in the other only what is contained in himself, for he can comprehend it and understand it only to the extent of his own intellect
23. Solitude relieves us of the need to live constantly in front of others and, therefore, reckon with their opinions
24. Alone, everyone sees in himself what he really is
25. He who does not like loneliness does not like freedom
26. Loneliness is the lot of all outstanding minds
27. When people come into close communication with each other, their behavior resembles porcupines trying to keep warm on a cold winter night. They are cold, they press against each other, but the harder they do it, the more painful they are to prick each other with their long needles. Forced because of the pain of the injections to disperse, they again come together because of the cold, and so - all night long
28. As animals perform some services better than people, for example, finding a road or a lost thing, etc., so an ordinary person is more capable and more useful in everyday life than the greatest genius. And further, just as animals never actually do stupid things, so the average person does them much less than a genius
29. What a person has is undoubtedly more important than what a person has
30. An individual is weak, like an abandoned Robinson: only in community with others he can do a lot
31. Man is the only animal that hurts others without any other purpose
32. A person's face expresses more and more interesting things than his mouth: the mouth expresses only the thought of a person, the face - the thought of nature
33. In conversation, one should refrain from any critical, even benevolent, remarks: to offend a person is easy, but to correct him is difficult, if not impossible
34. Wealth is like sea water, from which thirst increases the more the more you drink
35. All villains, unfortunately, are sociable
36. A poor man, having nothing to be proud of, grabs the only thing possible and is proud of the nation to which he belongs
37. Each nation mocks the other, and they are all equally right
39. It is easy to preach morality, it is difficult to justify it
40. Life and dreams - pages of the same book
41. We do not deceive anyone so cleverly and do not bypass flattery as ourselves
42. Every child is partly a genius, and every genius is partly a child
43. In practical life, a genius is no more useful than a telescope in a theater
44. From the point of view of youth, life is an endless future; in terms of old age - a very short past
45. Human life cannot, in essence, be called neither long nor short, since in essence it is precisely the scale by which we measure all other periods
46. \u200b\u200bA doctor sees a person in all his weakness, a lawyer - in all his meanness, a theologian - in all his stupidity
47. Of personal qualities, a cheerful disposition most directly contributes to our happiness.
48. The more a person has in himself, the less other people can give him. This is why intelligence leads to lack of communication.
49. Boredom torments first of all noble and wealthy people
50. Hundreds of objects that give people pleasure are boring for a big mind
51. A very mentally limited person is essentially the happiest, although no one will envy such happiness
52. Deep knowledge is the first condition for happiness
53. The opinion of others about our life is usually valued, due to the weakness of human nature, prohibitively high. As a cat purrs when it is stroked, it is also worth praising a person so that his face will certainly shine with true bliss.
54. It is necessary to moderate excessive sensitivity to the opinions of others, both in the event that we are flattered and in the event that we are censured. Otherwise, we will become slaves of other people's opinions and moods.
55. If we happen to hear half a dozen rams scolding outstanding person, then we will understand that appreciating the opinion of people will be a lot of honor for them
56. Pride is a person's ready-made conviction of their high value. Vanity is the desire to evoke this belief in others
57. A conceited person should know that the good opinion of others, which he so achieves, is much easier and more true to create by silence than by talkativeness
58. With the shamelessness and stupid impudence of the majority, everyone who has any intrinsic virtues, you should show them openly so as not to let them be forgotten. Especially this way of acting is advised to those who have the highest real personal virtues, which cannot be constantly reminded (titles and orders). Otherwise, the Latin proverb about the pig teaching Minerva may come true
59. Whoever communicates with people in the simplicity of his soul as with equals, people will sincerely consider him an equal
60. The cheapest pride is national. He who has great personal merits, he, constantly observing his nation, first of all notices its shortcomings. But a poor man, having nothing to be proud of, grabs at the only thing possible and is proud of his nation; he is ready with a feeling of emotion to defend all her shortcomings and stupidity
61. It must be admitted that there are few good features in the national character, because its subject is the crowd
62. The crowd has eyes and ears, but there is very little reason and the same amount of memory. She applauds at the moment of accomplishing the merit, but soon forgets about it. In this case, it is appropriate to create a reminder everywhere and always heard by the crowd in the form of a cross or a star: This one is no match for you, there is merit behind him! However, if appointed unfairly, the order loses this value, so caution should be exercised in this.
63. A person sees that it is not so important to be an active member of society in his opinion and conscience, as to seem so in the opinion of others. Hence the diligent hunt for the favorable opinion of other people.
64. By scolding someone, a person thereby shows that he cannot bring anything substantiated against him, for otherwise he would start from this, and calmly leave to others to draw conclusions.
65. Whoever violated trust once loses it forever
66. A means cannot be more valuable than a goal
67. Rudeness is the strongest argument against which no mind can resist
68. A sage should ignore insults
69. In the Middle Ages, God was forced not only to take care of us, but also to judge us
70. Each reproach can hurt only to the extent that the slightest hint that hits the target strikes much deeper than the most serious accusation that has no foundation. That is why whoever really realizes that he does not deserve reproach will calmly despise him. And what a shaky opinion about his own dignity should have the one who is in a hurry to shut his mouth to every statement that offends him, so that it does not read out
71. The honor of a nation lies not only in the insinuated opinion that it should be trusted, but also that it should be feared: therefore, it must never leave unpunished any encroachment on its rights.
72. Everyone claims to honor, only exceptions to glory, for glory can only be acquired by extraordinary differences
73. Everyone can appreciate and understand only the kindred and one-essence. But the flat is related to the flat, the vulgar is the vulgar, and everyone likes his own works most of all, as the most related
74. Whoever wants to sum up his life in the sense of well-being, should keep track not by the pleasures he experienced, but by the number of evils he avoided
75. "To live happily" means "to live less unhappily"
76. Brilliant, noisy festivities and amusements have an inner emptiness, because they loudly contradict the scarcity and miserableness of our existence
77. Academies and departments of philosophy present a signboard, appearance wisdom, but it is absent there, and one must look for it in a completely different place
78. Others live too much in the present - they are frivolous; others are too busy with the future - they are fearful and caring. Rarely does anyone exactly follow the proper measure
79. Those who miss the present without taking advantage of it or enjoying it, and live only in the future with their aspirations and hopes - such people, in spite of their wise mines, are like those donkeys in Italy whose progress is accelerated by They hang a bunch of hay in front of their noses on a stick, and they all hope to get to it. Such people deceive themselves for a whole existence, living permanently temporarily
80. In order to maintain peace of mind in ourselves, we must constantly remember that the present day comes only once and never returns
81. We miss thousands of pleasant hours with a gloomy face, without enjoying them, in order to then sigh over them with vain longing
82. He who lives in a hustle and bustle of business or pleasure, not thinking through what he has experienced, but only reeling the ball of life, a meaningful consciousness escapes from him. His spirit represents chaos, and some confusion creeps in his thoughts, which is immediately noticed by the fragmentary and incoherent nature of his conversation.
83. In the most complete harmony one can be only with oneself; not with a friend, not with a beloved, for the difference in individuality and mood each time produces a certain dissonance. therefore deep peace hearts and peace of mind are possible only in solitude
84. People are made sociable by their inability to endure themselves alone. Dissatisfaction with inner emptiness is what drives them into society
85. In every society, as long as it is crowded, vulgarity prevails
86. When good tone comes in, common sense goes away
87. Nature has laid down the sharpest distinction between people in all respects. Society, neglecting this, puts everyone on the same level, and moreover, puts artificial differences in the steps of class and rank, which is very often the opposite of the rank set by nature.
88. A person gifted with mind and spirit is a unit, not a fraction
89. Great minds also have little inclination to agree with others, as teachers interfere in the games of children noisy around them.
90. As in every city, alongside the noble, all kinds of rabble and bastard live, so in every, even the most noble person, there are completely low and vile traits of human nature in the inclinations. This inner rabble should not be agitated and allowed to look out of the windows.
91. You should always and everywhere remain the master of impressions from the environment
92. Truly great minds huddle lonely like eagles on the tops
93. Most people are so subjective that they are not interested in anything except themselves
94. A person with the right look among the deluded and bewildered is like one whose clock is running correctly, while all city clocks are set incorrectly. He alone knows the present, but what is the use of it? Everyone checks and sets their clocks on the wrong city clock, even those who know that their clock is correct
95. It is not easy to lose a friend due to proud and somewhat disdainful treatment, but it is very easy due to excessive friendliness and consideration, which make him arrogant and obnoxious
96. You should be careful not to form yourself a very favorable opinion of a person at first acquaintance, otherwise in most cases you will have to be disappointed
97. A person reveals his character in trifles and trifles, in which he does not restrain himself. And such cases should not be missed in order to observe about him and draw conclusions about him.
98. If someone in the petty everyday relationships of life acts, not taking into account others, looking only for his own benefits to the detriment of others, then be sure that there is no justice in his heart, and that he will be a villain in major matters
99. Understanding the rule is one thing, but learning to apply it is another. The first is assimilated by the mind immediately, and the second - through exercises, gradually
100. As the heaviness of your own body you carry without noticing its weight and feel every extraneous weight, so you do not notice your own vices and shortcomings, but you see only strangers
101. Revealing your mind and abilities (in front of others) is only an indirect way of exposing others to mediocrity and stupidity
102. It is useless, funny and vulgar to reveal your anger and hatred on your face and in words. You can show anger and hatred only in practice.
103. Nothing can better adapt us to the calm endure of the misfortunes that befall us than the conviction in the truth that everything that happens - from the great to the last trifle - is done necessarily
104. Just as hard wax with a little warmth can be made so soft that it accepts any figure, so the most stubborn and hostile people can be made pliable and amiable with a little courtesy and affection.
105. Politeness is recognized hypocrisy
106. Politeness is a fig leaf of selfishness
107. Politeness is an openly admitted counterfeit coin
108. If we constantly remembered that ordinary politeness is only a mask, then we would not scream in horror if it ever moves a little or is removed for a minute. When someone becomes outright rude, it’s the same as if he threw off his clothes and appeared in all his nature.
109. Whoever wants to trust his judgment should express it coolly and without any passion
110. Never succumb to the temptation of self-praise, even with undeniable rights to it
111. A person's face speaks more than his mouth, being a monogram of all his thoughts and aspirations
112. The mouth expresses only the thought of a person, the face - the thought of nature
113. The nobler and more perfect a thing, the later and slower it reaches its maturity
114. Men may not notice what lies under their noses, but women can see it clearly
115. There is by nature a simple indifference between men; there is already a natural hostility between women
116. As we do not feel the general health of our body, but only a small place where the boot is shaking, so surely we are not thinking about the sum of things that are going well, but about some insignificant trifle that annoyed us
117. Whoever wants to briefly believe the statement that pleasure exceeds suffering, let him compare the sensations of two animals - devouring and devoured
118. We are like lambs that frolic in the meadow while the butcher chooses one or the other with his eyes, for in our happy days we do not know what ill-fated fate is preparing for us - illness, impoverishment, blindness, injury or madness
119. Everything for which we are fighting resists, for everything has its own will, which must be overcome
120. History, depicting the life of nations, only tells us about wars and indignations: years of peace sometimes slip by only as short pauses, as intermissions. In the same way, a person's life is a continuous struggle - with need, with boredom, with other people. He meets adversaries everywhere, spends his life in a continuous struggle and dies with a weapon in his hands.
121. If the human race did not experience needs, hardships, troubles, then people would partly die out of boredom or hang themselves, partly they would fight each other and cut and strangle each other and would cause themselves much more suffering than nature imposes on them
122. Let us imagine that the act of man's conception would not be accompanied by either need or lust, but would be a matter of purely reasonable reflection: could the human race still exist then?
123. The most appropriate address of people to each other instead of: "dear sir", "sir", etc. should have been: "comrade in suffering"
124. Courage allows such an explanation that a person voluntarily goes to meet the misfortune that threatens him at the moment in order to prevent even greater misfortunes in the future, while cowardice does the opposite
125. Even the greatest genius turns out to be decidedly stupid in any branch of knowledge; even the most beautiful, noble character sometimes strikes us with individual features of depravity - as if in order to recognize our kinship with human race
126. Our civilized world is nothing more than a huge masquerade. It has knights, clergy, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers. But they are all not what they represent. Under these masks are notorious traders and speculators
127. A beautiful girl does not have friends, because they try to avoid her because of envy of her advantages
128. But nevertheless, in this world, every time again striking us, the phenomena of honesty, kindness and nobility, as well as of a great mind and genius, emerge quite scatteredly. They shine at us from a huge dark mass, like separate shiny dots.
129. Such is the lot of great people in the world: they are only recognized when they are not alive
130. If someone stands out among us, let him get out - this is the unanimous slogan of mediocrity everywhere
131. As soon as any profession has an outstanding talent, as soon as all the mediocrity of this profession try to hush up the matter and deprive him of the opportunity to become famous
132. Envy is an unmistakable sign of the lack of what it is directed to
133. everyone can praise only at the expense of their own significance, everyone, claiming glory for another figure in his or a related specialty, in essence takes it away from himself. As a result, people tend not to praise, but to censure, because through this they indirectly praise themselves. If they do praise, then for this they have other motives and considerations.
134. A wig is a symbol of a scientist. He adorns his head with an abundant mass of other people's hair for lack of his own, just like scholarship in equipping the head with a huge variety of other people's thoughts
135. The most perfect scholarship relates to genius, as a herbarium to the constantly reviving, ever fresh, ever changing world of plants
136. Constant reading takes away all elasticity from the mind, just as a constantly pressing weight takes it away from a spring, and the surest way not to have thoughts of your own is to immediately grab a book at any free moment
137. Least of all for the sake of reading is to move away from contemplation of the real world
138. Scientists are those who have read a lot of books; but the thinkers, geniuses and movers of humanity are those who read directly in the book of the universe
139. Any great suffering, no matter physical or spiritual, tells us what we deserve, for it could not comprehend us if we did not deserve it
140. Instead of exclusively and eternally engaging in plans and concerns about the future, or indulging in longing for the past, we must always remember that one present is real and the only certainty. Therefore, we should always honor the present with a warm welcome, enjoy every bearable hour with the consciousness of its value, not darken it with annoying grimaces because of unfulfilled hopes in the past or worries about the future.