Arthur Schopenhauer: Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; the

Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the othe — Arthur Schopenhauer

Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular.

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The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as — Arthur Schopenhauer
Alles, alles kann einer vergessen, nur nicht sich selbst, sein eigenes Wesen. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Jede Trennung gibt einen Vorgeschmack des Todes und jedes Wiedersehen einen Vorg — Arthur Schopenhauer
My body and my will are one. — Arthur Schopenhauer
A man's heterosexuality will not put up with any homosexuality, and vice versa. — Sigmund Freud
Chi non punisce il male comanda che si faccia. — Leonardo da Vinci
The moralists who extol work make me think of those fellows who have been deceiv — Jules Renard
I have to live for others and not for myself; that's middle-class morality. — George Bernard Shaw
The circulation of capital realizes value , while living labour creates value . — Karl Marx
While man is growing, life is in decrease, And cradles rock us nearer to the tom — Edward Young
This world which is only a dream Seems to the sleeper as a thing enduring for ev — Rumi
Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its soun — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow