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Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.

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Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

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The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

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To form a judgment intuitively is the privilege of few; authority and example lead the rest of the world. They see with the eyes of others, they hear with the ears of others. Therefore it is very easy to think as all the world now think; but to think as all the world will think thirty years hence is not in the power of every one.

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All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under which the will to live is objectified.

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To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions that there is something odd in suffering so deeply. There would be something amiss if we didn't.

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Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.

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Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.

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Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.

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The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.

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For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.

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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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For our improvement we need a mirror.

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The happiness which we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings. . . . The world in which a person lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he or she looks at it.

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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

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

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The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

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It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

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We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.

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Life is neither to be wept over nor to be laughed at but to be understood.

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