Book 1
The World as Will and Representation (1819; 1844; 1859)
“A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.”
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
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influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, compos… 1866–1949Related quotes
“Whatever things a man gives up,
By those he cannot suffer pain.”
Thiruvalluvar
book
Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXXV.1
Tirukkural
William Ellery Channing
(1780–1842) United States Unitarian clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 536
Man's Search for Meaning (1946; 1959; 1984)
Context: The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity — even under the most difficult circumstances — to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
I-II, q. 32, art. 6
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
“I like a man willing to pay the price of his pleasures”
Alice Borchardt
(1939–2007) American fiction writer
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Laozi
(-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.”
Il n'est pas de plaisir plus doux que de surprendre un homme en lui donnant plus qu'il n'espère.
XXVIII: "La Fausse Monnaie" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_XXVIII._La_Fausse_Monnaie
Le Spleen de Paris (1862)