There is no vice of which a man can be guilty, no meanness, no shabbin…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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There is no vice of which a man can be guilty, no meanness, no shabbiness, no unkindness, which excites so much indignation among his contemporaries, friends and neighbours, as his success. This is the one unpardonable crime, which reason cannot defend, nor humility mitigate. ✨ Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays.
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