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The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation on that works, a great head.
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There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.
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Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.
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At the age of five years to enter a spinning-cotton or other factory, and from that time forth to sit there daily, first ten, then twelve, and ultimately fourteen hours, performing the same mechanical labour, is to purchase dearly the satisfaction of drawing breath. But this is the fate of millions, and that of millions more is analogous to it.
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Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.
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A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
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I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.
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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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Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion.
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Honor means that a man is not exceptional fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won honor, only something which must not be lost.
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The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
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Man shows his character best in trifles.
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