#lit

Compassion is the basis of morality. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#compassion #morality

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#great #great talent #honesty #hypocrisy #limited

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#eagles #great #great men #like #lofty

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#ability #become #man #martyrdom #only

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#human nature #nature #politeness #warmth #wax

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#brief #buildings #cannot #close #during

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#baseness #character #country #every #every nation

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#among #any #counterproductive #debate #monetary

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#coming #days #decisions #election #every

The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#arms #cost #discussion #effect #elsewhere