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Up Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.
- Although as a rule the absurd culminates, and it seems impossible for the voice of the individual ever to penetrate through the chorus of foolers…
- Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune…
- Sleep is to a man what winding up is to a clock.
- Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of…
- Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed…
- The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.
- Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
- Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely to show how…
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