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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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To desire immortality is to desire the perpetuation of a great mistake.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Although the world contains many decidedly bad things, the worst of all is society.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Religions, like fireflies, need darkness to shine.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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In old age, one learns better to hide failures; in youth, to endure them.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Everything that happens, from the biggest to the smallest, happens necessarily.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Every nation mocks the others, and all are right

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Every execrable fool, who has nothing in the world to be proud of, takes refuge in this final resort, of boasting about the nation to which he belongs by chance.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Honor is external conscience, and conscience is internal honor

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Intuition is not an opinion, it is the thing itself.

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

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No one feels another's pain, no one understands another's joy.