“All of your good qualities become obscured by your super-cleverness and are made useless to the world merely because of your rage at wanting to know everything better than others; of wanting to improve and master what you cannot command … If you were less like you, you would only be ridiculous, but thus as you are, you are highly annoying.” (Johanna Schopenhauer, writing to her son, Arthur Schopenhauer)”
Quotes by Johanna Schopenhauer
Johanna SchopenhauerJohanna Schopenhauer was a prominent German writer and influential salonnière, known for her literary contributions and her role in the intellectual circles of her time. Born Johanna Trosiener, she cu...