After your death you will be what you were before ... -Arthur Schopenhauer

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After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

Arthur Schopenhauer , Philosopher
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Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his influential work on metaphysics, aesthetics, and ethics. His philosophy, often characterized as pessimistic, explores the nature of human existence, the pursuit of happiness, and the power of will. Schopenhauer's ideas have had a profound impact on various fields, including philosophy, psychology, and literature, influencing thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.

Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes to Explore

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people....
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors....
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude....
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies....
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability....
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriati...
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity....
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness....
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy....
To live alone is the fate of all great souls....

Death Quotes to Explore

As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a ...
Even when I wrote death metal songs for a death metal record, I was always trying to do my best to make it as catchy as possible because that's how I ...
I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death....
I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God....
Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the de...
If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to answer the cry of mercy fr...
I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, '...
The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a...
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry....
Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount....