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The Wisdom of Life Quotes

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country.[Vielmehr erscheint nur die menschliche Beschränktheit, Verkehrtheit und Schlechtigkeit in jedem Lande in einer andern Form und diese nennt man den Nationalcharakter.]

Source:(M. W. Dunne, ed. 1901), Chapter IV. Position, or a Man's Place in the Estimation of Others, Section 2. Pride, Page 53
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Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)
  • Book: The Wisdom of Life
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1851
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