German - Philosopher | February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
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Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
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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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Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
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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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Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.
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