Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
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| Birth: | 22nd February, 1788 |
| Death: | 21st September, 1860 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Philosopher |
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Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher best known for his book, The World as Will and Representation, in which he claimed that our world is driven by a continually dissatisfied will, continually seeking satisfaction. In 1820, Schopenhauer became a lecturer at the University of Berlin.
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