It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
Pessimist philosophy
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
Pessimist philosophy
Parega und Paralipomena, Vol. 1, Chapter 1
1851
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