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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from...

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from...

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

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

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

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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,...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a...

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs...

As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs...

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?