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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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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant. – Mme. Roland

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In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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