If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEREvery parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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Life is a constant process of dying.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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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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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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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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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
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After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.
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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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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
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If God made this world, then I would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that it breaks my heart.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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