"Sex is the cause of war and the goal of peace... the key to every hint, every secret glance, every unspoken offer and the content of every furtive glance; the daily concern and thought of the young and often of the old as well... it is constantly ready material for jokes, only because it is based on the deepest seriousness. Because the piquancy and joke of the world is that... it is everyone's main business, yet it is pursued secretly... by achieving which we believe that everything has been achieved, and by failing that, that everything has been failed.
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Arthur SchopenhauerAll Translations
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Sex is the cause of war and the goal of peace... the key to every hint, every secret glance, every unspoken offer and the content of every furtive glance; the daily concern and thought of the young and often of the old as well... it is constantly ready material for jokes, only because it is based on the deepest seriousness. Because the piquancy and joke of the world is that... it is everyone's main business, yet it is pursued secretly... by achieving which we believe that everything has been achieved, and by failing that, that everything has been failed.
""A nemi viszony a háború oka és a béke célja... minden célzás kulcsa, minden titkos pislantás, minden ki nem mondott ajánlat s minden lopva vetett tekintet tartalma; mindennapi gondja-gondolatja a fiataloknak és gyakran az öregeknek is... folyton kész anyaga a tréfának, csak azért, mert a legmélyebb komolyság az alapja. Mert a világ pikantériája és tréfája, hogy... mindenkinek fő-főügye, mégis titkosan űzik... amelynek elérésével azt hisszük, hogy minden el van érve, elhibázásával pedig, hogy minden el van hibázva."