Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMen are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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Genius lives only one story above the madness.
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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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Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
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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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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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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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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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Life is a constant process of dying.
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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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