A man can be himself only so long as he... by Arthur Schopenhauer

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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.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

First Years Life

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

People

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

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Opinion Present Truth

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Man Want

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Heart

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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