A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. ✨ Arthur Schopenhaue…

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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer, p.19, 谷月社
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