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Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life wo

If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. – 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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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Ive given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. – Oscar Levant

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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty, – Charles Lamb

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