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There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
Musicologist
Philosopher
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Revelry
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Happiness

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