One should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
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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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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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The world is my idea.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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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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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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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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Each day is a little life.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
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