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Riches, one may say, are like sea-water: the more you drink, the thirstier you become; and the same is true of fame. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)

Riches, one may say, are like sea-water: the more you drink, the thirstier you become; and the same is true of fame.[Der Reichtum gleicht dem Seewasser: je mehr man davon trinkt, desto durstiger wird man. – Dasselbe gilt vom Ruhm.]

Source:(M. W. Dunne, ed. 1901), Chapter III. Property, or What a Man Has, Page 37
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Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)
  • Book: The Wisdom of Life
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1851
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