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Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
It is only a mans own fundamental thoughts that have truth and lif

It is only a mans own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone elses meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to Gods good pleasure but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that – as is the perfect truth – it was the gift of God. – Saint Patrick

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