Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
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There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.
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| Birth: | 22nd February, 1788 |
| Death: | 21st September, 1860 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Philosopher |
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Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher best known for his book, The World as Will and Representation, in which he claimed that our world is driven by a continually dissatisfied will, continually seeking satisfaction. In 1820, Schopenhauer became a lecturer at the University of Berlin.
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