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Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Biography: Arthur Schopenhauer is known for his philosophical work on pessimism a... more Biography: Arthur Schopenhauer is known for his philosophical work on pessimism and the concept of the "will to live." Born in 1788, he significantly influenced existentialism and psychology. His seminal book "The World as Will and Representation" explores the idea that reality is driven by an irrational force. less

"To live alone is the fate of all great souls."

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"The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."

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"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people."

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"The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him."

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"The world is my idea."

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"Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom."

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

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"Compassion is the basis of morality."

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

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