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If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
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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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Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
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Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends, finally, upon the kind of matter that pervades and engrosses our consciousness and what we compare it to - better and we envious and sad, worse and we feel grateful and happy.
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It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do
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Anyone can squash a bug but all professors of this world couldn't build one.
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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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