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Schopenhauer's famous words about the essence of things
Schopenhauer, a German philosopher, influenced many philosophers such as Nietzsche and Sartre, and initiated irrational philosophy. Wang Guowei, a master of Chinese studies, was also deeply influenced by Schopenhauer. He commented on Song Ci with Schopenhauer's theory in his book "The Thorn on Earth". He also developed Redology with the help of his own theory and made great achievements.

1. Either vulgar or lonely.

One of the most special weaknesses of human nature is to care about what others think of you.

Without considerable loneliness, there can be no inner peace.

Life is like a pendulum, swinging between pain and burnout.

Things themselves are immutable, and what changes is only people's feelings.

6. A person can only be himself when he is alone. Whoever doesn't love solitude doesn't love freedom, because a person is truly free only when he is alone.

7. Only by knowing the end of the book can we understand the beginning of the book.

8. If we suspect that a person is lying, we should pretend to believe him, because he will become more and more brave and confident, and he will lie more boldly, and eventually he will unmask himself.

9. No one lives in the past and no one lives in the future. Now is the only form that life really occupies.

10. Everyone is confined to his own consciousness.

1 1. We can compare wealth to sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty we are, and so is our reputation.

12. What people can really understand and appreciate in the end is just the same thing as himself.

13. The so-called brilliant life is just a prisoner of desire.

14. We often don't think about what we have, but cling to what we can't get.

15. Our way of life is like an oil painting. If you look closely, you can't see why. To appreciate its beauty, we have to stand farther away.

16. As long as conditions permit and opportunities are ripe, everyone wants to do evil.

17. Great minds prefer monologues and soliloquies in this world.

18. All truths go through three stages: first, they are laughed at; Then, it met with fierce opposition; Finally, of course, I accepted it.

19. People's faces are more interesting than people's mouths, because the mouth only tells people's thoughts, while the face tells the essence of thoughts.

20. Forgetting is stronger than despair.

2 1. Only those who have firm and unshakable faith in their outstanding talents and unique values are called pride.

22. In such a flawed world, if you can meet sincere friends, please cherish them. Sometimes we can't even be honest with ourselves. So there is no need to criticize others. Human nature is complicated and strange.

23. If a spring is oppressed by foreign objects for a long time, it will lose its elasticity, and so will our spirit. As usual, it will lose its elasticity under the pressure of others' thoughts.

If we behave politely and talk appropriately, we can treat many people rudely and safely.

If we behave politely and talk appropriately, we can treat many people rudely and safely.

26. To measure a person's happiness, we should not look at how many happy things he has, but whether he is worrying about some small things. Only happy people care about trifles. People who have experienced great disasters have no time to take care of these little things. Therefore, after losing happiness, people will find that they once existed.

27. Reputation is an external conscience; Conscience is a hidden reputation.

28. Sleep is a loan to death. The more you sleep, the longer the repayment period.

29. The biggest mistake that human beings can make is to exchange health for something other than themselves!

30. Modesty is only a kind of honesty to those who have no wizards and a kind of hypocrisy to those who have great talents.