In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense anticipation of whatever is going to appear. Luckily we do not know what really will appear.


Essays and Aphorisms (ed. Penguin UK, 2004) - ISBN: 9780141921754

Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense...

In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense...

In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense...

In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense...