The truth can wait, for she lives a long life.
• Willen in der Natur (On the Will in Nature), 1836; in the chapter Einleitung (Introduction)
• Variant translation by Karl Hillebrand:
Truth can bide its time, for it has a long life before it.
• Willen in der Natur (On the Will in Nature), 1836; in the chapter Einleitung (Introduction)
• Variant translation by Karl Hillebrand:
Truth can bide its time, for it has a long life before it.
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Die Wahrheit kann warten: denn sie hat ein langes Leben vor sich.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
What It Means
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• Willen in der Natur (On the Will in Nature), 1836; in the chapter Einleitung (Introduction)
• Variant translation by Karl Hillebrand:
Truth can bide its time, for it has a long life before it." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).
About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).
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