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«To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.»
«Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| About:
Boredom
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boredom, depend on, fascination, fascinations, reverse, reversed, reverses, Reversing
«I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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Surprises
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cleverness, now and again, similar
«Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.»
«Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time'.' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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Bankers, civilization, companions, development, engines, erected, erecting, erects, lighthouse, lighthouses, magicians, out of print, poet, print, prints, sea, sea change, teachers, The Lighthouse, The Magician, The Sea, treasures, windows
«That arithmetic is the basest of all mental activities is proved by the fact that it is the only one that can be accomplished by a machine.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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accomplished fact, activities, arithmetic, basest
«Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| About:
Journalism
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as far as possible, dramatic, dramatic art, exaggeration, exaggerations, journalism, The Object of
«The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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Life,
Preparation
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commentary, supply, text
«That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go on; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous. Photography offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
anxious, borne, famous, famous people, offers, outer, photography, presumption, presumptions, revelation, Revelation of
«Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.»
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