Arthur Schopenhauer — "Life is a constant oscillation between the pain of wanting and the boredom of ha…"

"It is because women's reasoning powers are weaker that they show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men, and consequently take a kindlier interest in them. On the other hand, women are inferior to…"

"The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him."

"Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superfluous, nay, dangerous for breeding purposes, so for the most part does a woman lose her beauty after giving birth to one o…"

"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness."

"The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."