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We have to forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to become like other people. - Arthur Schopenhauer (Counsels and Maxims Quotes)

We have to forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to become like other people.[Dreiviertel unserer selbst aufgeben, um uns den andern zu verähnlichen.]

Source:(Swan Sonnenschein & Co., ed. 1895), Chapter II. Our Relation to Ourselves, Section 9, Page 29
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Arthur Schopenhauer (Counsels and Maxims Quotes)
  • Book: Counsels and Maxims
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1851
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