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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: German
Born: February 22, 1788
Died: September 21, 1860

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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
Arthur Schopenhauer

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
Arthur Schopenhauer

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

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Arthur Schopenhauer

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