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Arthur Schopenhauer: Buying Books
on Saturday, June 27, 2020Arthur Schopenhauer Money Quote saying that books don’t come with the time it takes to read them but it isn’t likely so we pretend. Arthur Schopenhauer said:
“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents” — Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer: Wealth Thirst
on Wednesday, February 26, 2020Arthur Schopenhauer Money Quote saying that gaining more wealth is counter-intuitive in that we think our thirst for it will be satisfied, but it is increased. Arthur Schopenhauer said:
“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame” — Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer: Concrete Abstractions
on Sunday, December 16, 2012Arthur Schopenhauer Money Quote saying some devote themselves to abstractions for happiness and others to utter reality when a balance is necessary. Arthur Schopenhauer said:
“Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money” — Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer: Being Sated on Cash
on Saturday, December 15, 2012Arthur Schopenhauer Money Quote saying everyone believes that if they could just earn a little bit more money, they’d have enough or be happy or satisfied with … more. Arthur Schopenhauer said:
Money is like sea-water: The more we drink the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer: Greater Value than Gold
on Tuesday, July 13, 2010Arthur Schopenhauer Money Quotation points to the unexpected discoveries of the alchemists while they searched for gold, they found many things that mattered more than gold.
“The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value” — Arthur Schopenhauer
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