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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
Musicologist
Philosopher
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Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular.
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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
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Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.
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We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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Human life must be some form of mistake.
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The word of man is the most durable of all material.
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Reason is feminine in nature it can only give after it has received.
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The young should early be trained to bear being left alone for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.
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Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.
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No one can transcend their own individuality.
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The first forty years of life give us the text the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
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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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To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
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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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Philosophy ... is a science, and as such has no articles of faith accordingly, in it nothing can be assumed as existing except what is either positively given empirically, or demonstrated through indubitable conclusions.
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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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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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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Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.
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