One should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMusic is the melody whose text is the world.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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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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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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Fate shuffles the cards and we play.
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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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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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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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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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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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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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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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