• Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to the former as something to nothing.

    Arthur Schopenhauer: Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to the former as something to nothing.
    Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.225, Simon and Schuster