The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, p.224, Simon and Schuster
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The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, p.224, Simon and Schuster

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