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In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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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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