![Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O7bm7Vi18xw/X1toAeWFh-I/AAAAAAAAGoU/IRxN8p6IM3Y9i6XEaMx7xgGhhlngct5pwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/happiness-consists-in-frequent-repetition-of-pleasure.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Arthur Schopenhauer
![Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O7bm7Vi18xw/X1toAeWFh-I/AAAAAAAAGoU/IRxN8p6IM3Y9i6XEaMx7xgGhhlngct5pwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/happiness-consists-in-frequent-repetition-of-pleasure.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7vw5Xk6JE-c/X1t2RvkslKI/AAAAAAAAIeg/hrRPhh6cTHk_MPTkMjerbWK-9_cyHzbYgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/mostly-it-is-loss-which-teaches-us-about-the-worth-of-things.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
![One should use common words to say uncommon things](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GkHIpccqsUQ/X1t5gy0E8KI/AAAAAAAAI1g/97I8QIkNiCo0Rx5KraH8VcFIBz7FRk5wwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/one-should-use-common-words-to-say-uncommon-things.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
One should use common words to say uncommon things
![The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YKKNvrWPvM0/X1uKMBjJpBI/AAAAAAAAKaw/9k8_Sn5ljo0O0M3oQX8xC24agum8lAXNACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-person-who-writes-for-fools-is-always-sure-of-a-large-audience.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
![Music is the melody whose text is the world.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pdliBgUA6Yc/X0bLfb348xI/AAAAAAAAEOY/UTD9VTs5LeEg59GSqQi1oUCl0L5p5r2ZQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/music-is-the-melody-whose-text-is-the-world-quotes-by-arthur-schopenhauer-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-music.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Music is the melody whose text is the world.
![Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-slxYKo1KWmE/X1tnKOf9rUI/AAAAAAAAGac/JEAO0DWQdcMVzTD_h2fFRaXs2OEaEZkuQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/faith-is-like-love-it-does-not-let-itself-be-forced.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
![Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JZXejtm9F5o/X1tn62PKgHI/AAAAAAAAGnA/_LuLZwEm_pAptK3z2v-Zzcid0tiBAqWyQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/great-men-are-like-eagles-and-build-their-nest-on-some-lofty-solitude.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude
![A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2knY4BYm1BA/X1tcp-67_sI/AAAAAAAAFa8/-E_3jSl5k2c6lfYss2mOh2r78oHymWLlQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-sense-of-humour-is-the-only-divine-quality-of-man.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man
![We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TY2hpN6vTvw/X1uPPCf5ooI/AAAAAAAALJE/JUjxDn9G99UrY54WQeR_rlZLWz6SfKUTgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-forfeit-threefourths-of-ourselves-in-order-to-be-like-other-people.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
![The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lg1SpNWE8kA/X1uKfS1E-LI/AAAAAAAAKek/mbyE8RJ20sAR4D7jgQx7QFnI0UukajkKwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-shortness-of-life-so-often-lamented-may-be-the-best-thing-about-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
![After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fSZA8jwR4Ac/X1tc5Y7ZFlI/AAAAAAAAFd4/iv2dP3aFEegguMq7qOUSMsY7-w7nGtiPQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/after-your-death-you-will-be-what-you-were-before-your-birth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)