Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's …

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Counsels and Maxims, p.36, Arthur Schopenhauer
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Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). The World as Will and Idea 1: Top of Schopenhauer … ▶
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Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Counsels and Maxims, p.36, Arthur Schopenhauer

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