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Compassion is the basis of morality. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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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

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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A great mind becomes a great fortune. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

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A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

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