The source of all unhappiness is the desire for happiness.
Pessimist philosophy
The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1, Book 4
1818
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"The world is a bad joke."
Controversial"Mostly, it is loss which teaches us the value of things."
Humorous"In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it."
Humorous"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies toot…"
Humorous"The only original philosophical thought is that life is not worth living."
Controversial