The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another.
Arthur SchopenhauerNecessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter genius, which itself is a kind of luxury.
Arthur Schopenhauer