The more perfect a being is, the more it suffers.
Pessimist philosophy
The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1, Book 4
1818
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"Happiness is merely the interval between two sorrows."
Controversial"Optimism is a truly wicked way of thinking."
Humorous"Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our childhood, for the simple reason that they are themselves childish, frivolous and short-sighted; in a word, are big children all th…"
Controversial"Neither for music, nor for poetry, nor for fine art have they any real or true sense and susceptibility, and it is mere mockery on their part, in their desire to please, if they affect any such thing."
Controversial"Women are the causa causorum of all human misery."
Humorous