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“In their hearts women think that it is the men’s business to earn money and theirs to spend it – if possible during their husband’s life, but, at any rate, after his death”

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a prominent German philosopher born on February 22, 1788, and died on September 21, 1860. He is one of the most important figures in 19th-century German philosophy and is known for his unique pessimistic philosophical ideas. more

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