One should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERHe who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
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Genius lives only one story above the madness.
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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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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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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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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
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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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