Arthur Schopenhauer

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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. ”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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"A work of art makes a great impression on us only when it gives us something which, even with all the efforts of our intellect, we cannot understand."

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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“One should use common words to say uncommon things.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)