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ARTHUR MILLER A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven. ARTHUR MILLER Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it. ARTHUR GOLDEN Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continu... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. Man can do... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is qu... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intel... ARTHUR MILLER We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and ... ARTHUR O'SHAUNESSEY I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. ARTHUR RIMBAUD To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter ... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the h... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only... ARTHUR PINE If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on... ARTHUR MILLER