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We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely disregarded by philosophers, and lies before us as raw and untreated material.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.
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A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.
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Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.
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there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?
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Life is a constant process of dying.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
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I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
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Everything that happens, happens of necessity.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
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It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
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Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.
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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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To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does harm sooner or later it will bring mischief to the man who harbors it.
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There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy?
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