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The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1819Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as trivial. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1818