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The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2 Quotes

Life is a business that does not cover the costs. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation Quotes)

Life is a business that does not cover the costs.[Das Leben ein Geschäft, das nicht die Kosten deckt.]

Source:(Dover, ed. 1966), Volume II, Chapter XLVI. On the Vanity and Suffering of Life, Page 574
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Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2 Quotes)
  • Book: The World as Will and Representation, Volume 2
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1844
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