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A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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Anyone can squash a bug but all professors of this world couldn't build one.
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We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and the aims till then pursued so keenly, or cheerfully and willingly give up life itself.
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Talent works for money and fame the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.
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