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More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
The present is the only reality and the only certainty.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.