Arthur Schopenhauer

The more perfect a thing is, the more it is subject to suffering.

Every man has a certain amount of original sin in him, and this is the cause of all his misery.

The world is a stage on which a tragedy is performed, and the actors are all madmen.

The only way to escape the suffering of life is to commit suicide.

If a man wants to be happy, let him remain unmarried.

The world is a place where we are all condemned to suffer.

The only thing that makes life bearable is art.

The greatest evil of all is boredom.

The life of man is a constant struggle against pain and boredom.

The greatest mistake a man can make is to fall in love with a woman.

The only thing that can reconcile us to life is the thought of death.

The world is a hospital for incurables.

The best thing a man can do is to avoid women.

A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man.

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.

It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer.

To be alone is the fate of all great minds – a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.