Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf 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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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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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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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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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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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
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Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts or leave it.
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Fate shuffles the cards and we play.
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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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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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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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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