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For whence did Dante get the material for his hell, if not from this actual world of ours? And indeed he made a downright hell of it.

For whence did Dante get the material for his hell, if not from this actual world of ours? And indeed he made a downright hell of it.
– Arthur Schopenhauer

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  3. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life. – Thich Nhat Hanh
  4. Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company. – Arthur Schopenhauer
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  9. Time is that by which at every moment all things become as nothing in our hands, and thereby lose all their true value. – Arthur Schopenhauer
  10. Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first. – Arthur Schopenhauer
  11. Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of ones own. – Arthur Schopenhauer
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  22. Health so far outweighs all external goods that a healthy beggars is truly more fortunate than a king in poor health. – Arthur Schopenhauer
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