A man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something that he thinks will make him so; he seldom attains his goal, and when he … - Arthur Schopenhauer

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A man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something that he thinks will make him so; he seldom attains his goal, and when he does, it is only to be disappointed; he is mostly shipwrecked in the end, and comes into harbour with mast and rigging gone. And then, it is all one whether he is happy or miserable; for his life was never anything more than a present moment always vanishing; and now it is over.