What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.
Arthur SchopenhauerFor an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.
Arthur SchopenhauerIn their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.
Arthur SchopenhauerThere is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
Arthur Schopenhauer