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.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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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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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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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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After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
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