Genius lives only one story above the madness.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERFate shuffles the cards and we play.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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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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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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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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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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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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Compassion is the basis of morality.
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
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Marrying means to halve one’s rights and double one’s duties.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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Fate shuffles the cards and we play.
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If 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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