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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “So the problem is not so much to see what nobody has yet seen, as to think what nobody has yet thought concerning that which everybody sees.”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
    tags: misattributed-erwin-schrödinger
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “The inexpressible depth of music, so easy to understand and yet so inexplicable, is due to the fact that it reproduces all the emotions of our innermost being, but entirely without reality and remote from its pain… Music expresses only the quintessence of life and its events, never these themselves.”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts. ”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “Music is the melody whose text is the world.”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. ”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
    tags: religion
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms
    tags: books, literature, reading, words
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    John Cleese
    “The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual.
    Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack.”
    ― John Cleese
    tags: absurd
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    A.A. Milne
    “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
    "Pooh!" he whispered.
    "Yes, Piglet?"
    "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
    ― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
    tags: friendship, piglet, pooh, reassurance
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    “If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
    ― Carter Crocker
    tags: confidence
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    A.A. Milne
    “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”
    ― A.A. Milne
    tags: pooh-bear
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    A.A. Milne
    “Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
    ― A.A. Milne
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    A.A. Milne
    “What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
    ― A.A. Milne
    tags: character, food, potatoes
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    A.A. Milne
    “Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.”
    ― A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: anticipation, honey
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    A.A. Milne
    “What day is it?” asked Pooh.
    “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
    “My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
    ― A.A. Milne
    tags: live-in-the-moment, optimism
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    A.A. Milne
    “Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh.
    "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he.
    "Why, what's the matter?"
    "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it."
    "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose.
    "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.”
    ― A. A. Milne
    tags: diversity
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    A.A. Milne
    “Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.”
    ― A.A. Milne
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    A.A. Milne
    “Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain."
    "I know," said Pooh humbly.”
    ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: humor
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    A.A. Milne
    “The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.”
    ― A.A. Milne , Winnie-the-Pooh
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    A.A. Milne
    “Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits...”
    ― A.A. Milne
    tags: thinking
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    A.A. Milne
    “It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it.”
    ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: attachment, importance, modesty
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    A.A. Milne
    “And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop.”
    ― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
    tags: inspirational
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    Groucho Marx
    “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: humor
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    Groucho Marx
    “I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: humor, life
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