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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