Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
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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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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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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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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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Genius lives only one story above the madness.
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
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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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We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
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No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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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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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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