Arthur Schopenhauer: Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, the pun brings two different concepts, b

Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, — Arthur Schopenhauer

Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, the pun brings two different concepts, by the assistance of accident, under one word.

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Man sieht daraus, daß in der Universitäts-philosophie die Wahrheit nur eine seku — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desire — Arthur Schopenhauer
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not on — Arthur Schopenhauer
Die Gegenwart eines Gedankens ist wie die Gegenwart einer Geliebten. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Let each man say what he chooses; if because of this I am criticized by the igno — Miguel de Cervantes
When thou seest in the pathway a severed head, Which is rolling toward our field — Rumi
Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also ur — Michel de Montaigne
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. — Michel de Montaigne
Let me add, that only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations becom — Benjamin Franklin
Every uneducated person is a caricature of themselves. — Friedrich Schlegel
Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to — Cesare Pavese
For it is extremely absurd to expect to be enlightened by reason, and yet to pre — Immanuel Kant