Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERA man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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The shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
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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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Truth is most beautiful undraped.
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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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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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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
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Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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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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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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