That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom...


On the Suffering of the World (ed. Penguin UK, 2004) - ISBN: 9780141964911

Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to...

That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to...

That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to...

That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to...