Arthur Schopenhauer

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"A man's face is his autobiography."

Arthur Schopenhauer

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"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see."

Arthur Schopenhauer

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"Man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills."

Arthur Schopenhauer

Essay on the Freedom of the Will·Buy on Amazon

"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world."

Arthur Schopenhauer

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"Suicide is not true protest, but only evidence of a man's cowardice."

Arthur Schopenhauer

Parerga·Buy on Amazon

"Money is human happiness in the abstract."

Arthur Schopenhauer

Parerga·Buy on Amazon

"The effort to escape from pain, the chase after pleasure."

Arthur Schopenhauer

The World as Will·Buy on Amazon

"The wise have always said the same things, and fools have always done just the opposite."

Arthur Schopenhauer

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"Compassion is the basis of all morality."

Arthur Schopenhauer

Basis of Morality·Buy on Amazon

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet."

Arthur Schopenhauer

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