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alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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Mensch kann tun was er will er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. (One can choose what to do, but not what to want.)
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The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
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The greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.
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Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.
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It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
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We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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