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• To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Writing, Men, Genius

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.351, Simon and Schuster

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• Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophical, Greatness, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.26, Publishdrive

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• The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Funny, Writing, Humor

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.12, Publishdrive

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• The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Happiness, Way, Miserable

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.12, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Happy, Philosophical, Inspiration

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.15, Cosimo Classics

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• If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Lying, Believe, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.464, Oxford University Press

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• Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Pain, War, Animal

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.214, Oxford University Press

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• Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Different, Genius, World

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• We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Views, Numbers, Errors

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.22, Publishdrive

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• Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Money, Philosophical, Sea

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.57, Publishdrive

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• The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Wisdom, May, Being The Best

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.46, Publishdrive

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• To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Envy, Feels, Savour

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• Scoundrels are always sociable.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Scoundrels, Human Condition, Sociable

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• When you look back on your life, it looks as though it were a plot, but when you are into it, it's a mess: just one surprise after another. Then, later, you see it was perfect.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Perfect, Plot, Looks

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• We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Existentialism, Episodes, Regard

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.299, Oxford University Press

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• The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Reality, Certainty

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• Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Science, Men

  Studies in Pessimism "Psychological Observations" (1851) (translation by T. Bailey Saunders)

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• In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  World, Study, Solace

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• Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Mean, Vexation, Life Is

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The World as Will and Idea 1: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.85, 谷月社

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• Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Art, Fear, Philosophical

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.30, Publishdrive

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• Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Argument, Rudeness, Eclipse

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, p.75, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Character, Animal, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.15, Publishdrive

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  After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Death, Suicide, Philosophical

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.268, Oxford University Press

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• Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. 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.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Morning, Silly, Sleep

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.34, 谷月社

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• The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Dream, Character, Dreamer

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