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Quotation from Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
“But it is _Schadenfreude_, a mischievous delight in the misfortunes of others, which remains the worst trait in human nature”
Essays and Aphorisms, On Human Nature, 'Human Nature', trans. T. Bailey Saunders (1897)
Schadenfreude takes the place pity ought to take; pity is the true source of justice and charity.
Citation: "But it is _Schadenfreude_, a mischievous delight in the misfortunes of others, which remains the worst trait in human nature" — Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms, On Human Nature, 'Human Nature', trans. T. Bailey Saunders (1897). (id essays-and-aphorisms-q6)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
