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• I observed once to Goethe that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away. He replied, "Yes! because the absent friend is yourself, and he exists only in your head; whereas the friend who is present has an individuality of his own, and moves according to laws of his own, which cannot always be in accordance with those which you form for yourself.

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  Moving, Thinking, Law

  Arthur Schopenhauer (1896). “The Art of Controversy: And Other Posthumous Papers”

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

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  Sad, World, Dominion

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “The Art of Controversy”, p.69, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

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  Death, Retirement, Philosophical

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.39, Publishdrive

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• Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches.

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  Ignorance, Riches, Found

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

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  Men, Way, Rebellious

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• The word of man is the most durable of all material.

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  Communication, Philosophical, Men

  "Counsels and Maxims" by Arthur Schopenhauer, vol. 2, ch. 25, sect. 298, 1851.

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• Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.

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  Giving, Pessimism, Reason

  Arthur, Schopenhauer (2016). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.55, Aegitas

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• It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big.

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  Vision, Tools, Looks

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Studies in Pessimism (illustrated)”, p.22, Full Moon Publications

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• If a relationship is perfectly natural there will be a complete fusion of the happiness of both of you-owing to fellow-feeling and various other laws which govern our natures, this is, quite simply, the greatest happiness that can exist.

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  Law, Feelings, Fusion

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• What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength, beauty, temperament, moral character, intelligence, and education.

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  Character, Men, Personality

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.2, 谷月社

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• Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

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  Time, Men, Thinking

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.88, Publishdrive

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• You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.

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  Art, Men, Waiting

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• Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.

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  Appreciation, Pride, Vanity

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.444, Simon and Schuster

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• A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

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  Sad, Men, Looks

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• The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal is the present incarnate.

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  Animal, Anxiety, Consciousness

  "On the Suffering of the World". As translated in "Essays and Aphorisms" by R. J. Hollingdale, 1970.

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• When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.

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  Self, World, Firsts

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• If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

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  Stupid, Way, Helping

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1966). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.230, Courier Corporation

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• The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad.

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  Character, Honor, Foundation

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.42, 谷月社

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• Faith is like love, it cannot be forced. Therefore it is a dangerous operation if an attempt be made to introduce or bind it by state regulations; for, as the attempt to force love begets hatred, so also to compel religious belief produces rank unbelief.

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  Love, Religious, Hatred

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• The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than yourself; and this is a form of consolation open to every one. But what an awful fate this means for mankind as a whole! We are like lambs in a field, disporting themselves under the eye of the butcher, who chooses out first one and then another for his prey.

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  Mean, Eye, Fate

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.5, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• The greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.

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  Intellectual, Connections, Passionate

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• The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

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  Success, Time, Men

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• I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

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  Photography, People, Looks

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• Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

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  Change, Happiness, Growth

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]”, p.59, Kshetra Books

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• It is most important to allow the brain the full measure of sleep which is required to restore it; for sleep is to a man's whole nature what winding up is to a clock.

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  Sleep, Men, Clock

  "Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer".

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