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The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom. - Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.[Als die beiden Feinde des menschlichen Glückes, den Schmerz und die Langeweile.]

Source: (M. W. Dunne, ed. 1901), Chapter II. Personality, or What a Man Is, Page 18
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Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life Quotes)
  • Book: The Wisdom of Life
  • Writer: Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1851
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