The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERPoliteness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
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To be alone is the fate of all great minds – a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.
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Fate shuffles the cards and we play.
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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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The shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
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