Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts or leave it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMusic is the melody whose text is the world.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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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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Each day is a little life.
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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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Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
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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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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
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Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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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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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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