Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is alwa…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). 101 Facts of life, p.52, Publishdrive
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