“If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Simplified Meaning:
People find life exciting because they care a lot about themselves. If people didn't care so much about themselves, life would be boring and hard to handle.
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