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There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome to be got over.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
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If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the miseries of boredom.
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How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
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A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?
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Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.
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The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower it is in arriving at maturity. A man reaches the maturity of his reasoning powers and mental faculties hardly before the age of twenty-eight a woman at eighteen.
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Anyone can squash a bug but all professors of this world couldn't build one.
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The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood the pain is brief, the joy unending.
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Rudeness is better than any argument it totally eclipses intellect.
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