That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom . . . ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2004). On the Suffering of the World, p.22, Penguin UK
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