53 Quotes About Schopenhauer

Whatever one may say, the happiest moment of the happy man is the moment of his falling asleep, and the unhappiest moment of the unhappy man is that of his awaking.

Whatever one may say, the happiest moment of the happy man is the moment ... falling asleep, and the unhappiest moment of the unhappy that of his awaking

No hay nada más implacable y cruel que la envidia: y sin embargo, ¡nos esforzamos incesante y principalmente en suscitar envidia!

It seems as if, in making a marriage, either the individual or the interest of the species must come off badly.

we would not reliably assent to reproduce unless we first had lost our minds.

The essence of art is that its one case applies to thousands,' knew Schopenhauer.

a lack of love:between a man and a woman is the announcement that what they might produce would only be a badly organized, unhappy being, wanting in harmony in itself.

The pursuit of personal happiness and the production of healthy children are two radically contrasting projects, which love maliciously confuses us into thinking of as one for a requisite number of years. We should not be surprised by marriages between people who would never have been friends

Love could not induce us to take on the burden of propagating the species without promising us the greatest happiness we could imagine.