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For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.

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If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.

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A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

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A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.

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Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

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Style is the physiognomy of the mind. It is more infallible than that of the body. To imitate the style of another is said to be wearing a mask. However beautiful it may be, it is through its lifelessness insipid and intolerable, so that even the most ugly living face is more engaging.

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Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

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There is something in us that is wiser than our head.

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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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Alle Befriedigung, oder was man gemeinhin Glu« ck nennt, ist eigentlich und wesentlich immer nur negativ und durchaus nie positiv. All satisfaction, or what iscommonlycalled happiness, is really and essentially always negative only, and never positive.

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One should use common words to say uncommon things

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If at times I have thought myself unfortunate, it is because of a confusion, an error. I have mistaken myself for someone else... Who am I really? I am the author of The World as Will and Representation, I am the one who has given an answer to the mystery of Being that will occupy the thinkers of future centuries. That is what I am, and who can dispute it in the years of life that still remain for me?

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A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.

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JedeTrennung gibt einenVorgeschmack desTodesund jedes Wiedersehen einenVorgeschmack der Auferstehung. Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.

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Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into

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This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.

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Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.

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The world is my representation

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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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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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