Studies in Pessimism (Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, tr. T. Bailey Saunders)
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Each misfortune seems exceptional, but misfortune in general is the rule
Their wordsEach separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional; but misfortune in general is the rule.
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