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Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
Musicologist
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
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Danzig
Morning
Waking
Death
Fresh
Littles
Rising
Today
Birth
Little
Dying
Going
Youth
Every
Rest
Talkative
Life
Sleep
Grieving

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