Genius hits a target no one else can see.ĪRTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, The World as Will and RepresentationĪ man can be himself only so long as he is alone and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.ĪRTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, Essays and Aphorisms Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Reading is a mere makeshift for original thinking.ĪRTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, "On Thinking for Oneself", Parerga und Paralipomena Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.ĪRTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, "Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life", Parerga and Paralipomena Pride works from within it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Pride is an established conviction of one's own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself.
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