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Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own. ↗

— 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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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. ↗

— 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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To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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A great mind becomes a great fortune. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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