Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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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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He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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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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Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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