“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people” – Arthur Schopenhauer
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"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people" – Arthur Schopenhauer
"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people" – Arthur Schopenhauer
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