tion>Arthur Schopenhauer
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims
Published by Good Press, 2019
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SECTION 2. To estimate a man's condition in regard to happiness, it is
SECTION 3. Care should be taken not to build the happiness of life
CHAPTER II. — OUR RELATION TO OURSELVES.—
SECTION 5. Another important element in the wise conduct of life is to
SECTION 6. Limitations always make for happiness . We are happy in
SECTION 7. Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends,
SECTION 8. To live a life that shall be entirely prudent and discreet,
SECTION 9. To be self-sufficient, to be all in all to oneself, to
SECTION 10. Envy is natural to man; and still, it is at once a vice
SECTION 11. Give mature and repeated consideration to any plan before
SECTION 13. In all matters affecting our weal or woe, we should be
SECTION 14. The sight of things which do not belong to us is very apt
SECTION 15. The things which engage our attention—whether they are
SECTION 16. We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires,
SECTION 17. Life consists in movement, says Aristotle; and he is
SECTION 18. A man should avoid being led on by the phantoms of his
SECTION 19. The preceding rule may be taken as a special case of the
SECTION 20. In the first part of this work I have insisted upon the
CHAPTER III. — OUR RELATION TO OTHERS.—
SECTION 22. It is astonishing how easily and how quickly similarity,
SECTION 23. No man can see over his own height. Let me explain what
SECTION 24. I feel respect for the man—and he is one in a
SECTION 25. La Rochefoucauld makes the striking remark that it is
SECTION 26. Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really
SECTION 27. When any wrong statement is made, whether in public or
SECTION 28. Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they
SECTION 29. It is often the case that people of noble character and
SECTION 30. No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to
Naturam expelles furca, tamen usque recurret .
SECTION 31. A man bears the weight of his own body without knowing it,
SECTION 32. When he is young, a man of noble character fancies that
SECTION 33. As paper-money circulates in the world instead of real
SECTION 34. A man must be still a greenhorn in the ways of the
SECTION 35. Our trust in other people often consists in great measure
