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Often Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.
- To gain anything we have longed for is only to discover how vain and empty it is; and even though we are always living in…
- Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.
- I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.
- It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things…
- To attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and…though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often at…
- The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
- We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
- Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the…
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