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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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Distrust Mind

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Talent People

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Man

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

- Arthur Schopenhauer

The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Thoughts Man Will

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Wealth

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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