Rascals are always sociable—more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. He prefers solitude more and more, and, in course of time, comes to see that, with few exceptions, the world offers no choice beyond solitude on one side and vulgarity on the other.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Rascals are always sociable—more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. He prefers solitude more and more, and, in course of time, comes to see that, with few exceptions, the world offers no choice beyond solitude on one side and vulgarity on the other." in the context of "Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims, trans. T. Bailey Saunders (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1890), Ch. II, # 9, p. 40" to mean that wisdom is timeless.