If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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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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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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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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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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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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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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Fate shuffles the cards and we play.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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