Arthur Schopenhauer Quote

The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even before he comes near them, the fly lights upon his very nose.


Essays from the Parerga and Paralipomena (ed. 1951)


The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even ...

The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even ...

The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even ...

The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even ...