To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

Human life must be some form of mistake

Human life must be some form of mistake

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,...

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth,...

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from...

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

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...

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

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...

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...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

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.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one...

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one...

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

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.

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...