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Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)

Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made.[Nun ist aber erkenntnisloses Wollen das Gemeinste, was es gibt: jeder Klotz Holz hat es und zeigt es wenigstens, wenn er fällt.]

Source:(M. W. Dunne, ed. 1901), Chapter II. Personality, or What a Man Is, Page 27
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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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