We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.
— Arthur Schopenhauer Modern

Pessimist philosophy

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From 'Essays and Aphorisms'

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1851

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Strange & Unusual

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