Arthur Schopenhauer

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as read more

Buying 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.

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.