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Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes: What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
         

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.


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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.



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The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.



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

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



A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.



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Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.



Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.



A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.



Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.



Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.





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