SCHOPENHAUER

A man can be himself only so/as long as he is alone.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Anyone who has never owned a dog can’t know what loving and being loved mean.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome, to be got over.

If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. (dull, unexciting, boring)

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. 

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us. 

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

That which / what makes men sociable is their inability to bear solitude.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth. 

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans' property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

Rascals are always sociable -- more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. (suspicion, misgiving, doubt; lack of confidence)

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome --to be got over. * Life is given us to enjoy / be happy / be enjoyed, therefore it must be lived fully. * Life has been given us to enjoy.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To marry is / means to halve (to reduce by half) your rights and double your duties.

To marry means to do everything possible to become an object of disgust to each other.

We forfeit (sacrifice, give up) three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

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