The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to...

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to...

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a...

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a...

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a...

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

Much strength goes to everyone else that has anxiety. It's a hard disorder to deal...

Much strength goes to everyone else that has anxiety. It's a hard disorder to deal...