Arthur Schopenhauer: If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the sa

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we — Arthur Schopenhauer

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

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I exempt you of being present in my idea of you. — Fernando Pessoa
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Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling! — Walt Whitman