A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask...

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask...

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.