One should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERTo 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.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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Each day is a little life.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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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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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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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
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A 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.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
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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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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.
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