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" Compassion is the basis of morality. "
Arthur Schopenhauer
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" It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. "
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" We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success. "
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" Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. "
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" To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. "
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" A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. "
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