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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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There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

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National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest. ↗

— 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 buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. ↗

— 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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If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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A great mind becomes a great fortune. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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