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.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEROrdinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
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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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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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Genius lives only one story above the madness.
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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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I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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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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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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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 sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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