A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.
Pessimist philosophy
A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.
Pessimist philosophy
From 'The World as Will and Representation'
1818
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"We often find that people are most insolent and arrogant where they have least reason to be so."
Strange & Unusual"In order to live a life that is truly worth living, one must at some point become thoroughly disgusted with it."
Shocking"The intellect is a mere tool in the service of the will."
Shocking"Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete, devotes his heart entirely to money."
Strange & Unusual"Human life, when viewed in its entirety, is a tragedy; but in its details it has the character of a comedy."
Shocking