More quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

"Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it."
"For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible"
"A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man"
"Qualsiasi uomo notevole, chiunque cioè non appartenga a quei 5/6 dell'umanità dotati tanto miseramente dalla natura, rimarrà dopo i quarant'anni difficilmente esente da una certa traccia di misantropia."
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."