The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

About Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860), also known as the "Philosopher of Pessimism", was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and...