In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
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It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.Arthur Schopenhauer
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time a man of talent tries to use it.
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The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America and the introduction of African slaves in their place
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
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The present is the only reality and the only certainty.
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