“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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After your death you will be what
“After your death you will be what you were before your birth.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Great men are like eagles, and build
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Category: great
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With people of limited ability modesty is
“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The fundament upon which all our knowledge
“The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Each day is a little life: every
“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
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To live alone is the fate of
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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There is no absurdity so palpable but
“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Category: age
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They tell us that suicide is the
“They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice… that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Category: death
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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death,
“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: death
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