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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we beco

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim

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