The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.
Arthur SchopenhauerMen are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.
Arthur Schopenhaueralent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.
Arthur SchopenhauerBuying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
Arthur Schopenhauer