"In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Absurdity
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"There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome --to be got over."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Adversity
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"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Age and Aging
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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 dearth."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Death and Dying
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"After your death you will be what you were before your birth."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Death and Dying
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"The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Desire
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"It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Detail
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"The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time."

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"The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Explanations
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"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Faces
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"It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us."

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"Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes."

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"Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost."

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"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."

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"Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Farewells
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"It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards."

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Fools and Foolishness
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"Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Friends and Friendship
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"Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Genius
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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Greatness
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"Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Greed
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"The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Happiness
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"Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost."

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"With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy."

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"The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on Ideas
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