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"There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over."

Arthur Schopenhauer

topics:

• pessimism

• overcoming

• challenge

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"Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the center of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest."

Arthur Schopenhauer

topics:

• beliefs

• identity

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"Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other."

Arthur Schopenhauer

topics:

• boredom

• interest

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"Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death."

Arthur Schopenhauer

topics:

• death

• life

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