Arthur Schopenhauer Quote on Earthly Happiness

Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century German philosopher known for his pessimistic philosophy and his main work "The World as Will and Representation."

A pessimistic quote on the transience of happiness in earthly life.

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a prominent German philosopher who influenced metaphysics, ethics, and pessimism. His main work, "The World as Will and Representation," is a milestone of 19th-century philosophy.

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"Life presents itself as a continual deceit, in small things as in great. If it has promised, it does not keep; except to show how little desirable the wished-for was." Arthur Schopenhauer

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"Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive by any random means, as a parasite, a moocher or a looter, but not free to succeed at it beyond the range of the moment—so he is free to seek his happiness in any irrational fraud, any whim, any delusion, any mindless escape from reality, but not free to succeed at it beyond the range of the moment nor to escape the consequences." Ayn Rand