Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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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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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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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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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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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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Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.
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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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