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Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

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
Writer
Danzig
Philosophical
Anger
Hatred
Head
Heart
Contempt
Affair

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