Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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The shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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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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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.
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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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