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Reason is feminine in nature it can only give after it has received.

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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Danzig
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Reason
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Pessimism
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Received
Nature

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