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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Friends are usually considered sincere; enemies truly are: for this reason, it is excellent advice to take advantage of all their criticisms to get to know ourselves a little better, it's similar to using a bitter medicine.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Wealth is like salt water; the more you drink, the thirstier you become.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Fate shuffles the cards, and we play them.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Kindness is like a cushion, which even if it has nothing inside, at least cushions the blows of life.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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There is no favorable wind for the one who does not know to which port he is heading.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Man has made the Earth a hell for the animals.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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For millions and millions of human beings, the true hell is Earth.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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The amount of useless rumors a man can bear is inversely proportional to his intelligence.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Beauty is a letter of recommendation that wins our hearts in advance.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Man is fundamentally a terrible and cruel animal. We know him as he has been domesticated and educated by what we know as civilization.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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A man's personality determines in advance the measure of his possible fortune.