
that continual deception and disillusionment, as well as the general nature of life, present themselves as intended and calculated to awaken the conviction that nothing whatever is worth our exertions, our efforts, and our struggles, that all good things are empty and fleeting, that the world on all sides is bankrupt, and that life is a business that does not cover the costs…
The world as will and representation, Volume 2 - página 574, Arthur Schopenhauer, Dover Publications, 1969
O Mundo como Vontade e Como Representação