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«Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| About:
Sleep
| Keywords:
rate of interest, redemption, the capital
«The present is the only reality and the only certainty.»
«It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
«Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
«To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.»
«The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind»
«The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.»
«A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man»
«Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
higher degree, increased, reaches, to a higher degree, to the highest degree
«How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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ceaselessly, countless, despite, enigma, enigmas, ephemeral, exceptions, lucidity, paltry, philosophize, philosophized, philosophizes, rarest, The Normal
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