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If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1788
Born: February 22
Died: 1860
Died: September 21
Musicologist
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Danzig
Men
Creatures
Greatest
Meets
Hate
Despise
Energy
Contempt
Left
Sets
Else
Whereas
Anything
Ease
Much
Miserable

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