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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.
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Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them. (Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)
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If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones for life is short, and time and energy limited.
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