Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
Arthur SchopenhauerA book can never be anything more than the impression of its authorโs thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in the matter about which he has thought, or in the form in which he develops his matter โ that is to say, what he has thought about it.
Arthur SchopenhauerI believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for the reason that it presents a new and surprising combination of unedifying elements.
Arthur SchopenhauerIf a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.
Arthur Schopenhauer