The pleasure in this world, it has been said, outweighs the pain; or, at any rate, there is an even balance between the two. If the reader wishes to see shortly whether this statement is true, let him compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is engaged in eating the other.
Schopenhauer, Arthur translated by Saunders, Thomas Bailey. Studies in Pessimism: A Series of Essays. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1908, 12.
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