A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.
Pessimist philosophy
From 'The World as Will and Representation'
1818
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"The value of a man is not measured by the number of truths he has accumulated, but by the extent to which he has freed himself from error."
Controversial"Women are guilty of perjury far more often than men. It is questionable whether they ought to be allowed to take an oath at all."
Controversial"The greatest happiness for man is to escape the necessity of being born."
Shocking"We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness."
Strange & Unusual"The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary."
Strange & Unusual