Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMarrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Genius lives only one story above the madness.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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One should use common words to say uncommon 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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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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Each day is a little life.
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Truth is most beautiful undraped.
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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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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