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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
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The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.
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Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it.
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Exaggeration in every sense is as essential to newspaper writing as it is to the writing of plays: for the point is to make as much as possible of every occurrence.
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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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It is well-known that evils are alleviated by the fact that we bear them in common. People seem to regard boredom as one of these and therefore get together in order to be bored in common.
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A man can be himself alone so long as he is alone … 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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A man can surely do what he wills to do, but he cannot determine what he wills.
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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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