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Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher who saw the world as blind, striving Will and desire as a treadmill that never delivers, gets quoted everywhere and sourced almost nowhere. The 9 quotes below are different: each one is checked word for word against the cited work, starting with Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life, not copied from aggregator sites that pass misattributions along. The source is named under every line, so you can trace each quote back to the page it came from.
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On shaping yourself to fit in:
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.Arthur Schopenhauer, Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
On what your evenings are for:
Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of any talent tries to use it.Arthur Schopenhauer, Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
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On needing time alone:
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims
On staying civil in a hard conversation:
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims
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On chasing the next raise:
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life
On why comfort is not enough:
The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life
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On backing the idea nobody else sees yet:
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation
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On saying goodbye:
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena
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On why people hurt the most:
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.Arthur Schopenhauer, On Human Nature