The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.


Studies in pessimism. A series of essays... Selected and translated by T. Bailey Saunders... Third edition (ed. 1892)

Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.